EU Committees Overwhelmingly Back Landmark Artificial Intelligence Regulation
European Parliament committees strongly endorse the EU AI Act, moving the risk-based artificial intelligence framework closer to final adoption.
European Parliament committees overwhelmingly vote to advance the EU AI Act, a risk-based framework for regulating artificial intelligence. The civil liberties and internal market committees approve the compromise text with a strong 71-8 majority, supporting rules that ban certain AI uses like social scoring while imposing strict obligations on high-risk applications in areas such as health and employment.
The legislation requires transparency for general purpose AI models, chatbots, and deepfakes, while leaving most low-risk applications unregulated. It also establishes national regulatory sandboxes where developers safely test risky AI systems in supervised real-world environments.
This landmark bill gains massive global attention following the recent explosion of generative AI, despite fierce opposition from Member States like France that seek regulatory carve-outs to protect domestic tech champions. The bloc now prepares for a final plenary vote in the coming weeks, putting the flagship AI rulebook on track for full adoption in a few months.