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EU AI Act secures committees’ backing ahead of full parliament vote


The European Parliament's civil liberties (LIBE) and internal market (IMCO) committees have overwhelmingly endorsed draft legislation setting out a The European Parliament's civil liberties and internal market committees have overwhelmingly endorsed draft legislation setting out a risk-based framework for regulating applications of artificial intelligence.

The European Parliament’s civil liberties (LIBE) and internal market (IMCO) committees have overwhelmingly endorsed draft legislation setting out a risk-based framework for regulating applications of artificial intelligence. Marathon trilogue talks in December delivered a compromise text which did still include some provisions for general purpose AIs, leading to lingering opposition from some governments. Commenting in a statement, Pirate Party MEP Marcel Kolaja, also a member of the IMCO committee, said: “Unfortunately, despite the good position of the European Parliament, the national governments managed to cripple the AI Act.

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