EU Races for Deal on World's First Major AI Rules
- Act could be first western rules for artificial intelligence
- France, Germany worry local startups could be over-regulated
Politicians want a final agreement on the legislation by the end of the year and have raced to get a compromise in time for the final meeting on Dec. 6.
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The European Union could clinch a tentative agreement on some of the world’s first regulations on artificial intelligence this week — unless debates over how to regulate advanced AI models drive it off the rails.
Representatives from the EU’s three institutions — the European Commission, the European Parliament and 27 member countries — will meet on Wednesday to hammer out the EU’s AI Act, first proposed in 2021. Politicians want a final agreement on the legislation by the end of the year and have raced to get a compromise in time for the final meeting on Dec. 6.