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EU hits snooze on AI Act rules after industry backlash
Europe’s much-hyped AI rulebook just hit the regulatory equivalent of “snooze for 16 months” after Brussels quietly caved to industry pressure and agreed to simplify and delay key parts of the AI Act.
European Union lawmakers and member states reached a provisional agreement Thursday on the so-called “Digital Omnibus on AI,” a cleanup package that trims parts of the bloc’s flagship AI law after months of complaints from industry that the rules were becoming unworkable.
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