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The EU AI Act Newsletter

Risto Uuk, Future of Life Institute

Up-to-date developments and analyses of the EU AI Act. Narrations of the “EU AI Act Newsletter”, a biweekly newsletter by Risto Uuk and The Future of Life Institute. ABOUT US The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is an independent non-profit working to reduce large-scale, extreme risks from transformative technologies. We also aim for the future development and use of these technologies to be beneficial to all. Our work includes grantmaking, educational outreach, and policy engagement. Our EU

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The EU AI Act Newsletter

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/03/17

The Commission has established rules for a new scientific advisory group of independent AI experts. Legislative Process Adoption of implementing act for the scientific panel: The European Commission has adopted rules for a new scientific advisory group of independent AI experts. This panel, mandated by the AI Act, will support the AI Office and national authorities in implementing and enforcing the legislation. The advisory body will provide technical advice on enforcement matters and can alert

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #73: Scientific Panel Rules

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/03/17

The Commission has established rules for a new scientific advisory group of independent AI experts.. Legislative Process Adoption of implementing act for the scientific panel: The European Commission has adopted rules for a new scientific advisory group of independent AI experts. This panel, mandated by the AI Act, will support the AI Office and national authorities in implementing and enforcing the legislation. The advisory body will provide technical advice on enforcement matters and can alert

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8:14

The EU AI Act Newsletter

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/03/03

The European Tech Alliance paper "Ensuring Europe's Competitiveness" outlines steps for European companies to remain globally competitive in AI. Legislative Process Potential AI Act re-opening: According to Euractiv's Tech Reporter Claudie Moreau, the AI Office director Lucilla Sioli has confirmed that the AI Act will be included in the Commission's digital package, for which an impact assessment is expected by the end of 2025. Speaking on a privacy panel, Sioli clarified that rather than any "big

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #72: Europe’s Competitiveness

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/03/03

The European Tech Alliance paper "Ensuring Europe's Competitiveness" outlines steps for European companies to remain globally competitive in AI.. Legislative Process Potential AI Act re-opening: According to Euractiv's Tech Reporter Claudie Moreau, the AI Office director Lucilla Sioli has confirmed that the AI Act will be included in the Commission's digital package, for which an impact assessment is expected by the end of 2025. Speaking on a privacy panel, Sioli clarified that rather than any

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #71: Wealth of Commission...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/02/17

The European Commission publishes guidelines on AI system definition, prohibited AI practices and a living repository on AI literacy. Legislative Process Commission publishes guidelines on AI system definition: The European Commission has published guidelines explaining the definition of AI systems under the AI Act, aiming to help providers and other stakeholders determine whether their software qualifies as AI under the new legislation. The guidelines are non-binding and are intended to evolve

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8:08

The EU AI Act Newsletter #70: First Measures Take Effect

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/02/03

The Act, which entered its first phase on 2 February just before the Paris AI Summit, now prohibits specific AI applications. Legislative Process The first measures of the AI Act take effect: Le Monde journalist Alexandre Piquard reported that the first phase of the Act began on 2 February, just before the Paris AI Summit. Initially, the Act prohibits specific AI applications, including social rating systems, predictive policing AI for individual profiling, and workplace or school emotion

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8:28

The EU AI Act Newsletter #69: Big Tech and AI Standards

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/01/20

Corporate Europe Observatory has published an overview arguing that European AI standard-setting bodies are heavily dominated by tech industry representatives. Analysis Feedback on the second Code of Practice draft: Leverhulme Centre for Future Intelligence academics reviewed the second draft of the Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI and acknowledged significant improvements from the first version. The authors praise the balanced approach between Commitments, Measures and KPIs in establishing

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #68: New Year Kickoff

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2025/01/06

Korea has passed the "Basic Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of Trust", becoming the second nation globally after the EU to enact comprehensive AI legislation. Legislative Process Second draft of the Code of Practice published: The second draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice has been published following stakeholder consultation involving approximately 1000 participants, including EU Member States representatives and international observers. The

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #67: More Jobs at the AI Office

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/12/16

The European Commission is currently recruiting Legal and Policy Officers for the European AI Office. Analyses Analysis of the 1st Code of Practice Draft: Yacine Jernite and Lucie-Aimée Kaffee from Hugging Face evaluated the proposed measures for AI Act Code of Practice for general-purpose AI. Jernite and Kaffee state that whilst the transparency measures are generally well-directed, requiring detailed documentation and performance evaluation, improvements are needed to increase public

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #66: Huge Edition

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/12/02

Independent experts have presented the initial draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice and consultation on AI Act prohibitions and AI system definition is now open. Legislative Process First draft of the Code of Practice available now: Independent experts have presented the initial draft of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, having completed the first of four drafting rounds scheduled before April 2025. This draft was discussed with approximately a thousand stakeholders, including

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8:36

The EU AI Act Newsletter #65: Free Speech and...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/11/12

Ireland's Minister of State Dara Calleary has published a list of nine national public authorities responsible for protecting fundamental rights under the EU AI Act. Legislative Process Ireland publishes list of public authorities: Ireland's Minister of State Dara Calleary has published a list of nine national public authorities responsible for protecting fundamental rights under the AI Act. These authorities will receive additional powers to perform their existing responsibilities when AI poses

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7:57

The EU AI Act Newsletter #64: Draft on the Scientific...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/10/28

The European Commission is seeking feedback on a draft act regarding the establishment of a scientific panel of independent experts under the AI Act. Legislative Process Implementing act on scientific panel: The European Commission is seeking feedback on a draft act regarding the establishment of a scientific panel of independent experts under the AI Act. This panel will advise and assist the AI Office and national market surveillance authorities in implementing and enforcing the Act. The feedback

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #63: Standards, Cooperation,...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/10/14

First Code of Practice plenary for general-purpose AI was on 30 September, revealing disagreements between GPAI providers and other stakeholders. Legislative Process Euractiv's tech journalist Jacob Wulff Wold reported that the European Commission held its first Code of Practice plenary for general-purpose AI (GPAI) on 30 September. The Commission shared a list of chairs and vice-chairs for working groups drafting the Code and welcomed nearly 1,000 participants to the virtual plenary. The drafting

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7:41

The EU AI Act Newsletter #62: AI Pact Signed; Code of...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/09/30

The European Commission collects over 100 AI Pact signatures and an online kick-off plenary for the general-purpose AI code of practice is scheduled for 30 September. Legislative Process Over a hundred companies sign AI Pact pledges: The European Commission has announced over a hundred initial signatories to the AI Pact, including multinational corporations and SMEs from various sectors. The Pact supports voluntary adherence to the AI Act principles before its official implementation and deepens

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #61: Council of Europe AI...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/09/16

Comparison of the Council of Europe's AI convention with the AI Act. The AI Office receives nearly 1,000 expressions of interest to participate in the code of practice. Legislative Process Strong interest for the first general-purpose AI code of practice: The AI Office has received nearly 1,000 expressions of interest from organisations and individuals worldwide to participate in drafting the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. The drafting process will commence with an online kick-off

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7:35

The EU AI Act Newsletter #60: California Bill Could...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/09/02

Turing Award-winning AI expert Yoshua Bengio recommends that the EU take inspiration from the California AI safety bill as they implement their own AI regulation. Analysis California bill could enhance EU AI Act: Euractiv's Jacob Wulff Wold reported on the California bill, Senate Bill (SB) 1047, which would require the developers of AI models trained with more than $100 million in computing resources to follow and disclose a Safety and Security Plan (SSP) aimed at preventing critical harm. SB 1047

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #59: Key Deadline Extended

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/08/19

The general-purpose AI consultation deadline has been extended to 18 September upon the request of a coalition of eleven tech industry associations. Legislative Process General-purpose AI consultation deadline extended: According to Euractiv's Eliza Gkritsi, a group of eleven tech industry associations requested the European Commission to extend the deadline for submitting inputs on the Code of Practice for general-purpose AI. In a letter dated 8 August, the group argued that the six-week

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #58: EU AI Law Enters into...

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/08/05

On 1 August the EU AI Act took effect. It aims to promote responsible AI development and deployment in the EU. Legislative Process AI Act enters into force: On 1 August, the EU AI Act took effect, aiming to promote responsible AI development and deployment in the EU. Initially proposed in April 2021 and agreed upon by the European Parliament and the Council in December 2023, the Act addresses potential risks to citizens' health, safety, and fundamental rights. It sets clear requirements for AI

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7:44

The EU AI Act Newsletter #57: Bad for Innovation?

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/07/22

EU AI Act's compliance costs and lack of clarity cause concern among tech start-ups ahead of next week's entry into force. Legislative Process It is official! The EU AI Act has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It will now enter into force on 1 August. Parliament's possible oversight body: According to Euractiv's Eliza Gkritsi and Théophane Hartmann, the European Parliament is considering establishing a monitoring group for the implementation of the AI Act. MEPs have

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The EU AI Act Newsletter #56: General-Purpose AI Rules

The EU AI Act Newsletter ·

2024/07/08

Members of the European Parliament sent a letter to the AI Office asking for greater inclusion of civil society and other stakeholders in the drafting of codes of practice for general-purpose AI. Legislative Process MEPs have questions about the codes of practice process: POLITICO's Morning Tech published a letter (unfortunately behind a paywall) by MEPs Brando Benifei, Svenja Hahn, Katerina Konečná, Sergey Lagodinsky, Kim Van Sparrentak, Axel Voss and Kosma Złotowski urging the EU's AI Office to

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