AI Summer School 2025

Aina Errando started the summer of 2025 with the AI Summer School at KU Leuven, organised by the Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP). As a PhD researcher within the ALGEPI project, she was selected to join the 5th edition of this summer school. The programme brought together an interdisciplinary and international cohort of researchers, legal scholars, and professionals to explore some of the most pressing regulatory and ethical challenges in the field of artificial intelligence (AI).

Over two intensive weeks, participants engaged with a broad spectrum of topics, including:

• The EU AI Act, Digital Services Act (DSA), and Digital Markets Act (DMA)

• The Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on AI, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law

• The OECD AI Principles and UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of AI

• Critical discussions on AI auditing, transparency, fairness, and accountability

The sessions were led by renowned scholars and practitioners, and their contributions created an intellectually rich and challenging environment that encouraged participants to critically reflect on the intersections between law, ethics, and AI innovation.

During the programme, Aina had the opportunity to present her work-in-progress titled “Regulating the News(rooms): Between AI Policies and Editorial Realities in Europe”, developed as part of the ALGEPI project. Furthermore, one of the programme’s highlights was a gamified group challenge, where participants were assigned roles in a fictional regulatory debate. Aina and her team were tasked with unconditionally defending regulatory sandboxes under the AI Act.

The AI Summer School came at a particularly relevant time, as institutions across Europe are working on implementing the AI Act, as well as other digital regulations and policies. The programme offered an opportunity to gain practical insights into how regulation is interpreted, contested, and applied across different sectors and jurisdictions.