The Northrhine-Westphalia tax authorities are taking a further step towards digital administration. From May 2025, an AI module will be used for the first time in four pilot tax offices in the state to support the tax assessment procedure. The objective: tax returns are to be processed more efficiently, faster and more accurately - to the benefit of both citizens and employees in the tax administrations.
On 2 February 2025, the first prohibition standards of the EU Regulation on the use of artificial intelligence (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) came into force. The legally compliant use of AI poses major challenges for local communities in particular. At the same time, opportunities for added value through the use of AI should not remain untapped, especially in the smart city sector (where intelligent information and communication technology is used to increase participation and quality of life and to create an economically, ecologically and socially sustainable municipality or region).
The use of artificial intelligence in the EU will be regulated by the AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law. After the EU Commission proposed the regulatory framework in 2021 it is now for the European Parliament to keep the process moving. Find out how and learn more about the mode and the effects of the new regulation.
