The emphasis has moved from safety concerns to keeping pace with U.S. and Chinese AI leaders, putting the EU’s valued AI rulebook at risk of modification amid a push in Brussels to streamline regulations and lessen business requirements.
Digital rights advocates warn this shift could lead to technological disaster, while the industry remains divided over the lack of clear direction.
“If you actually want to impose something, impose it, if you want to stop the clock, let’s stop the clock,” said Tomasz Snażyk, CEO of Poland’s AI Chamber. “People want to be very certain of what is going on.”
Dutch Greens lawmaker Kim van Sparrentak, a proponent of enforcing existing laws she helped design, cautioned against hindering technology adoption, noting that only 13 percent of European companies are estimated to effectively use AI.
“As long as we don’t have an AI Act that is being enforced, we keep systems on the market of which you don’t know whether these function well or [if] these are safe. That to me is essential if we want to ensure that a lot of companies start using AI,” said van Sparrentak.
This contrasts with the U.S.-backed Big Tech industry, advocating for at least a delay to provide the industry time to adapt.













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