The EU Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, that aims to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for artificial intelligence systems within the European Union.
In total, 1004 days after the European Commission has presented the #AIAct on Wednesday, 21 April 2021, the last technical meeting concluded the legislative negotiations on Friday, 19 January 2024.
A technical meeting on the EU’s AI regulation broke down on Friday (10 November) after large EU countries asked to retract the proposed approach for foundation models. Unless the deadlock is broken in the coming days, the whole legislation is at risk.
According to the Head of Office of Rapporteur Axel Voss (EPP, Germany), a provisional agreement on the AI Act proposal by the end of this year may be possible, but it depends on the progress made during upcoming discussions.