artificial \u200cintelligence<\/a> rules after 12 hours of negotiations on Tuesday and will resume \u200ctalks next month.<\/p>\nThe changes to the AI Act, which entered into force in August 2024 \u200bwith key elements set to be enforced in stages starting this year, are part of the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus, which aims to simplify a slew of regulations in the digital sector to help businesses catch up with U.S. and Asian rivals.<\/p>\n
Europe’s \u200cAI rules, considered to be \u2060the strictest in the world, came amid concerns about the impact of the technology on children, workers, companies and cybersecurity.<\/p>\n
“It \u2060was not possible to reach an agreement with the European Parliament,” a Cypriot official said. Cyprus currently holds the rotating EU Council presidency.<\/p>\n
Dutch lawmaker Kim van Sparrentak \u200bcriticised the \u200bfailure to reach a deal.<\/p>\n
“Big Tech is \u200bprobably popping champagne. While European \u200ccompanies that care about safety and did their homework now face regulatory chaos,” she said in a statement.<\/p>\n
People with direct knowledge of the negotiations said the next round of discussions will likely be in two weeks’ time.<\/p>\n
They said the negotiations which started at 1100 GMT on Tuesday were stymied by some countries \u200cand some lawmakers’ insistence that industries already subject \u200bto sectoral regulations, such as product safety \u200brules, should be exempted from the \u200bAI legislation.<\/p>\n
The AI regulation sets out stricter requirements on the \u200cuse of the technology in “high-risk” areas \u200bsuch as biometric \u200bidentification, utilities supply, health, creditworthiness and law enforcement.<\/p>\n
The Omnibus package also includes the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the e-Privacy Directive and the Data Act, \u200bamong others.<\/p>\n
Proposed changes to \u200cthese regulations and the AI Act have drawn criticism from privacy \u200bactivists and civil rights groups about caving to Big Tech.<\/p>\n
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