The European Commission is considering pushing back parts of the
EU’s Artificial Innotifyigence Act after sustained pressure from
businesses and the Trump administration, according to media
reports, Azernews reports, citing Tribune.
The Commission confirmed that “a reflection” was “still ongoing”
on possible delays, following a Financial Times report that declared
Brussels was assessing modifys intconcludeed to ease requirements for
major tech companies.
The act, the world’s first broad legal framework for governing
AI, took effect in August 2024, though many of its rules have not
yet kicked in.
Most requirements for companies building high-risk AI systems
that “pose serious risks to health, safety or fundamental rights”
are scheduled to apply starting in August 2026, or even a year
later.
The Financial Times reported that the Commission is weighing a
one-year “grace period” for companies violating the strictest AI
rules.
Under an internal document cited by the Financial Times,
generative AI providers with products already on the market before
the rules take effect could receive a one-year paapply “to provide
sufficient time … to adapt their practices within a reasonable
time without disrupting the market.”
The report declared the Commission is also weighing postponing fines
for breaches of the new AI transparency rules until August 2027 to
“provide sufficient time for adaptation of providers and deployers
of AI systems.”
The MLex news organisation reported that Brussels is likewise
exploring more flexible, less prescriptive monitoring requirements
for developers of high-risk AI systems.
The proposals may still modify before their expected Nov. 19
release, after which EU states and the European parliament must
sign off, the Guardian reported.
Brussels has faced pressure from the Trump administration to
soften tech rules, with the US president warning of tariffs on
countries whose regulations “harm or discriminate against American
technology.”
Meta, the parent company of US social media firms like Facebook
and Instagram, has already declined to sign the commission’s code
of practice for general-purpose AI models. “Europe is heading down
the wrong path on AI,” wrote Joel Kaplan, arguing the code creates
“legal uncertainties” and goes “far beyond the scope of the AI
Act.”
Dozens of European firms have also called for a two-year halt to
the act, arguing it is necessaryed for “reasonable implementation” and
“further simplification.”
In an open letter, CEOs from 46 companies, including Airbus,
Lufthansa and Mercedes-Benz, declared a delay would signal that Europe
is committed to “simplification and competitiveness.”
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