European Union (EU) Member States
including Italy have put the brakes on the new European AI Act,
the world's first law on artificial intelligence.
At a meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives
(Coreper) of the 27 EU member states, the Spanish rotating
presidency of the European Council and the European Commission
outlined the political agreement reached with the European
Parliament on the AI Act last week, presenting it as a
compromise in line with the Council's mandate.
The delegations of Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Hungary and
Finland, however, reportedly expressed the need to "see the text
before saying whether and how much work still needs to be done
in order to consider it closed".
The delicate points of the agreement include the exemptions in
the application of the regulation to systems used exclusively
for military or defence purposes; general AI systems and models;
the prohibitions and exceptions envisaged for law enforcement
agencies; and the system of governance that gives a preponderant
role to the European Commission in the implementation of the
rules, especially those relating to high-impact models involving
systemic risk.
The issue, which must also receive the final green light from
the European Parliament, will be discussed again by the Coreper
in January.
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