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Deal on EU AI Act gets thumbs up from European Parliament


The European Parliament voted Wednesday to adopt the AI Act, securing the bloc pole-position in setting rules for a broad sweep of artificial The European Parliament voted Wednesday to adopt the AI Act, securing the bloc pole-position in setting rules for a broad sweep of artificial intelligence-powered software.

Speaking during a debate Tuesday, ahead of the plenary vote, Dragoș Tudorache, MEP and co-rapporteur for the AI Act, said: “We have forever attached to the concept of artificial intelligence the fundamental values that form the basis of our societies. It was then substantially amended and extended by EU co-legislators in the parliament and Council, over a multi-year negotiation process, culminating in a political agreement being clinched after marathon final talks in December. Last year lawmakers in the parliament proposed a tiered system of requirements aimed at ensuring the advanced wave of models responsible for the recent boom in generative AI tools would not escape regulation.

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