BREAKING: EU ministers unanimously adopted the #AI Act. The law will be published in the official journal of the European Union in the coming days.

NEW: The EU's #AI Act will be signed off on Thursday, but it will only be published in July due to a significant backlog, MLex has learned. That means the entry into force has been further delayed. Full story 👇 content.mlex.com/#/content/1569…

The EU's signature of the world's first #AI treaty might be delayed due to an internal dispute around who should sign it. If the quarrel is not solved quickly, the delay might limit the international uptake of the treaty, starting with the United States. content.mlex.com/#/content/1570…

On 13 June 2024, the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), which was formally adopted by the European Parliament and approved by the European Council, was finally signed into law. The Act needs to be published in Official Journal. Brussels, 13 June 2024: data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/P…

The EU's #AI Act is set to be published in the EU Official Journal on 12 July, which means it should enter into force on 1 August, confirming MLex's previous reporting.

While all eyes were on the #AI Act and, to a lesser extent, the AI Liability Directive, the EU quietly updated its product liability regime to cover software. That will be consequential for AI model providers & companies integrating AI into their products. content.mlex.com/#/content/1572…

Inside the EU Commission’s rush to build codes of practice for general purpose AI ift.tt/dwgjvMl

Who is regulating AI? Our paper (w/@chrismarsden.bsky.social) on AI co-regulation has just been published: t.ly/0Fha9 We explore the role of standards in the AI Act, democratic legitimacy, and the need for inclusive approaches to AI regulation

🚨 List of #AIOffice responsibilities If you are unsure who is implementing and enforcing the #AIAct & what the specific time frames are, you might find my new document, listing on 25 pages all obligations / tasks of European Commission, interesting. 👉D/L: kaizenner.eu/post/ai-act-re…

The European Innovation Council published a checklist for integrating generative AI tools into the creative process (before the AI Office). It includes some daunting questions like: Has the software provider been involved in any known copyright lawsuit? …ectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/news-events/ne…

Rather odd commentary in the Financial Times today. The main case in point seems to be that the compute power threshold for designating GPAI models with systemic risk might soon be outdated. Still, it ignores that the Commission can revise it via a delegated act. 1/2 ft.com/content/773eb1…

🚨 [AI RESEARCH] "Limitations and Loopholes in the EU AI Act and AI Liability Directives: What This Means for the EU, the U.S., and Beyond" by Sandra Wachter [email protected] is an excellent read for everyone in AI governance. Quotes: "The AIA does not define bias or discuss how to measure it.

The #AI Pact signatories list is out. Even with significantly diluted pledges, Apple & Meta decided not to join, continuing their collision course with the EU. Mistral & Anthropic are also out, but that makes sense since they are only in the model segment. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai…

🚨 [AI LIABILITY] AI regulation doesn't end with the AI Act, and everyone should be aware of Philipp Hacker's MUST-READ "Proposal for a directive on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to AI." Some of its key recommendations are: 1️⃣ "Identity of concepts and

🚨 [AI RESEARCH] If you want to understand some of the emerging macro-trends in AI, you CAN'T MISS the paper "The Age of AI Nationalism and Its Effects" by Dr. Susan Ariel Aaronson. Important information: ➡️ The main topic of the paper is AI nationalism, and Susan describes some of the

🔥 HOT TAKE: Is the current AI wave another tech bubble? According to @Floridi, YES, and his recent paper "Why the AI Hype is Another Tech Bubble" is a MUST-READ. Below, he explains more about tech bubbles: "A quick comparison between the Dot-Com Bubble and the Cryptocurrency

🚨NEW: The European Commission has just published the first draft of the Code of Practice for general-purpose #AI model providers. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/fir…

📢 New paper with Iason Gabriel is out! 2025 is being called the year of AI agents, with overwhelming headlines about them every day. But we lack a shared vocabulary to distinguish their fundamental properties. Our paper aims to bridge this gap. A 🧵

La timeline de l'AI Act déjà remis en cause!

The Code of Practice is out. I co-wrote the Safety & Security Chapter, which is an implementation tool to help frontier AI companies comply with the EU AI Act in a lean but effective way. I am proud of the result! 1/3