Today, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (AI Act) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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.
On 6 December, the last round of interinstitutional negotiations on the proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence (AI Act) took place. However, due to the differences between the European Parliament and, the provisional political agreement was not reached.
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.
In an increasingly interconnected world, cybersecurity has become a critical concern. Digital threats are constantly evolving, and cybercriminals are constantly looking for new ways to exploit vulnerabilities in systems and networks.
On 30 October, the European Commission said it welcomed the agreement reached by the G7 leaders on the Guiding Principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Voluntary Code of Conduct for AI Developers under the Hiroshima AI process.