The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act was proposed by the European Commission in April 2021 and the agreed final version is set for formal approval in the European Parliament and Council in April 2024. What does the EU AI Act aim to do? The Act is essentially a product safety regulation designed to reduce risks for humans from the use of AI systems. [...] According to one of the co-architects of the Act in the European Parliament, this regulatory mix of product safety and fundamental rights criteria is not adapted to AI models 3 . Digital economy, labour markets, skills and health Bruegel analysis 07 March 2024 The AI Act classifies AI systems used in the EU, irrespective of where they are developed, a. [...] It raises intriguing questions about vertical and horizontal integration between GPAI models and The European Union AI Act: premature or precocious regulation? 3 Bruegel analysis 07 March 2024 complementary services and the responsibilities of these parties in the context of the AI Act. [...] Who is the deployer when an online travel services platform pulls in an AI application to improve consumer services: the application provider or the platform? There may be several layers of deployers – an issue currently not covered by the AI Act but subject to interpretation in implementing guidelines. The incompleteness of the AI Act fails to provide legal certainty to AI developers and deploy. [...] AI start-ups are waiting for the outcome of several pending court cases that should clarify the interpretation of copyright law for AI applications, including the application of the ‘transformative use’ copyright doctrine in the US.
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