Dr Kris Shrishak

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Dr Kris Shrishak is an Enforce Senior Fellow at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties. He advises legislators and leads ICCLs work on the AI Act, Product Liability Directive and European Health Data Space. He is regularly invited to speak at the European Parliament.

His focusses on privacy tech, anti-surveillance, emerging technologies, and algorithmic decision making. Previously Kris was a researcher at Technical University Darmstadt in Germany where he worked on applied cryptography, privacy enhancing technologies and Internet security. 

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Biography

Dr. Kris Shrishak is a public interest technologist and an ICCL Enforce Senior Fellow.

He advises legislators on global AI governance (including EU AI Act), Product Liability Directive and European Health Data Space. He is regularly invited to speak at the European Parliament and has testified at the Irish Parliament.

His work focusses on privacy tech, anti-surveillance, emerging technologies, and algorithmic decision making.

His expert commentary appear in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the LA Times, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Politico, The Irish Times and other leading media. He has been interviewed on TV and radio, including on CNN, BBC, Euronews and France24. He has written for Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Nikkei Asia and Euronews, among others.

He works on the kind of cryptography that allows computing on encrypted data and proving existence of information without revealing them. These technologies, broadly known as privacy enhancing technologies (PETs), could be beneficial. However, there are risks that have not been sufficiently researched.

Previously Kris was a researcher at Technical University Darmstadt in Germany where he worked on applied cryptography, PETs and Internet infrastructure security.

 

Essays and Opinion Pieces

(Last updated on 29 November 2023)

  • Euronews, Regression to self-regulation means the EU AI Act will fail to plug the harms, 22 November 2023.

  • Euronews, Not regulating AI should be out of the question, 15 November 2023.

  • Euractiv, Will the AI Act clip the wings of regulators?, 19 October 2023.

  • Nikkei Asia, Japan should seize chance to get generative AI rules right, 19 June 2023.

  • Euronews, What can the EU learn from China’s generative AI regulation before it adopts its AI Act?, 23 May 2023.

  • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, How to deal with an AI near-miss: Look to the skies, 9 May 2023. 

  • Euractiv, Prevent, rather than only report, serious AI incidents, 7 July 2022.

  • Euractiv, The EU AI law will not be future-proof unless it regulates general purpose AI systems, 30 May 2022. [with Risto Uuk]

 

Select media appearances

(Last updated on 14 April 2024)

Select media mentions

(Last updated on 14 April 2024)

See longer list at https://krisshrishak.de/media

  • Jacobin, Why Is Europe So Far Behind Silicon Valley? Blame Monopolies, 15 March 2024.

  • Politico, A Mistral chills European regulators, 27 February 2024.

  • Golem.de, PIMS als PETs: Die Politik tut sich schwer - Datenschutz und Big Tech, 15 February 2024 (German).

  • HVG, Mi jön a Cookie Monster helyett? Ilyen lesz a sütimentes új európai digitális hirdetési világ, 10 February 2024 (Hungarian).

  • Follow The Money, EU-backed surveillance software for detecting child abuse has serious flaws, manufacturer admits, 25 January 2024.

  • Handelsblatt, Nach 22 Stunden vertagen sich die erschöpften Verhandler, 7 December 2023 (German).

  • New Scientist, Can the EU’s plan to regulate AI keep up with rapidly evolving tech?, 11 December 2023. 

  • Süddeutsche Zeitung, Wie Europa Chat-GPT & Co. Zügel anlegt, 9 December 2023 (German). 

  • The New York Times, E.U. Agrees on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Rules, 8 December 2023.

  • Euractiv, Are EU regulators ready for concentration in the AI market?, 8 December 2023. 

  • Tech Crunch, EU ‘final’ talks to fix AI rules to run into second day — but deal on foundational models is on the table, 7 December 2023.

  • Associated Press, Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?, 6 December 2023.

    • The Washington Post, Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?, 6 December 2023.
    • The Hill, Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?, 6 December 2023.
    • The Globe and Mail, Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?, 6 December 2023.
    • The Economic Times, Europe was set to lead the world on AI regulation. But can leaders reach a deal?, 6 December 2023.

  • elDario.es, Francia, Alemania e Italia piden recortar la regulación de la inteligencia artificial, la gran apuesta de España en la UE, 28 November 2023 (Spanish).

  • Netzpolitik.org, Wie der Sicherheitsapparat die Chatkontrolle prägt, 7 November 2023 (German).

  • Euractiv, EU Commission’s nameless experts behind its child sexual abuse law, 6 November 2023.

  • Euractiv, Are EU regulators ready for concentration in the AI market?, 3 November 2023.

  • Infosecurity Magazine, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Anthropic Form Body to Regulate AI, 27 July 2023. 

  • Associated Press, How Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI, 14 June 2023.

    • Time, How Europe Is Leading the World in the Push to Regulate Artificial Intelligence, 14 June 2023. 
    • Los Angeles Times, With new legislation, Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI, 14 June 2023.
    • El Pais, How Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AI, 14 June 2023

  • Tech Crunch, EU lawmakers back transparency and safety rules for generative AI, 11 May 2023.

  • MLex, AI systems such as ChatGPT could be violating users’ privacy under GDPR, advocates worry, 31 March 2023.

  • France 24, AI vs EU: ChatGPT shakes up Brussels plans for regulation, 22 March 2023.

  • Euronews, Romania’s prime minister has hired the world’s first AI government adviser. What will it do?, 6 March 2023.

  • Washington Post, This government aide says it knows what voters want. It’s an AI bot, 2 March 2023.

  • Politico, OK Computer: Romania debuts ‘world’s first’ AI government adviser, 1 March 2023.

  • Sunday Independent (Ireland), Beware of Bing? Chatbots may not be sentient – yet – but they can still manipulate us, 26 February 2023.

  • The Irish Times, National security concerns raised over use of Chinese cameras at Leinster House, 12 February 2023.

  • Business Post, CCTV cameras in Leinster House could be reporting to China, 11 February 2023.

  • Euractiv, The AI Act’s fine line on critical infrastructure, 8 February 2023.

  • Politico, Harmful AI rules: Now brought to you by Europe & Co., Inc., 31 October 2022.

  • Euractiv, Standardisation body calls for AI definition, categorisation to be decided as standards, 7 July 2022.

  • The Irish Times, Facial recognition technology: A solution to problems that hardly exist, 2 June 2022.

  • Euractiv, AI standards set for joint drafting among European standardisation bodies, 30 May 2022.

  • Silicon Republic, The issues with the EU’s draft regulation on facial recognition AI, 17 May 2022.

  • The Sunday Times, Human rights group calls for end to Chinese CCTV cameras at state agency buildings, 29 April 2022.

  • Politico, AI: Decoded: Parliament kickstarts AI debate — EPP makes its move — Technical errors exclude most machine learning techniques, 9 March 2022.

  • Politico, AI: Decoded: Algorithmic impact assessments — AI Act enforcement — Facial recognition in NYC, 16 February 2022.