{"id":579622,"date":"2025-11-19T03:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/579622\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T03:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T03:43:12","slug":"the-eu-promised-to-lead-on-regulating-artificial-intelligence-now-its-hitting-pause-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/579622\/","title":{"rendered":"The EU promised to lead on regulating artificial intelligence. Now it\u2019s hitting pause. \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.politico.eu\/bills\/622069\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artificial Intelligence Act<\/a>, which took years to negotiate, is not even fully in place yet. Throughout 2025 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-prepares-ground-pause-artificial-intelligence-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing chorus<\/a> of national governments and executives from tech companies and industry lobby groups have called for a delay of a part of the law, putting the issue at the center of a wider fight in Brussels over how the EU should balance regulation and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s proposal will see industry voices win out, with the announcement made under the same Commission president <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/statement_23_6474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that heralded<\/a> the original law as a \u201chistoric moment\u201d to make people safer.<\/p>\n<p>While the EU executive will present the proposal as a technical adjustment that will ultimately make the EU\u2019s regulation more effective \u2014 on the basis that changes will help industry to comply \u2014 it follows an intense lobbying effort by the Trump administration in Washington and from corporate lobbies in Brussels against the bloc\u2019s digital rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA part of the message that Europe is giving to the rest of the world is that it is open to pressure from tech companies and other nations,\u201d said Natali Helberger, a professor of law and digital technology at the University of Amsterdam. \u201cI would say this harms the credibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the plans expected Wednesday, a series of AI practices that are classified as high risk \u2014 for example using artificial intelligence in recruitment, to assess people\u2019s suitability to get loans or to score exams \u2014 won\u2019t face obligations for at least a year longer than planned.<\/p>\n<p>A big part of the justification for the decision has been concerns that the regulations will prevent Europe from being competitive at a time when it needs to level up. Tech lobbies have <a href=\"https:\/\/ccianet.org\/library\/ccia-europe-response-digital-package-consultation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slammed the foreseen timeline<\/a> as \u201cunworkable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Artificial Intelligence Act, which took years to negotiate, is not even fully in place yet. 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