1/3 🚨 Early this morning, EU lawmakers sealed the deal on the EU's #AIOmnibus.
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Early this morning, EU lawmakers sealed the deal on the EU's #AIOmnibus.The outcome of the final negotiations is not surprising, given the massive #deregulation push from parts of the European Commission, the German government, industry actors, and some lawmakers.
But it is still deeply disappointing
️ With this morning's deal, we will have... 🧵
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Early this morning, EU lawmakers sealed the deal on the EU's #AIOmnibus.The outcome of the final negotiations is not surprising, given the massive #deregulation push from parts of the European Commission, the German government, industry actors, and some lawmakers.
But it is still deeply disappointing
️ With this morning's deal, we will have... 🧵
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A delay to key high-risk AI obligations, weakening accountability of those developing, selling or deploying AI systems A watering down of protections against some risky and harmful AI systems, including through a carve-out for industrial AI Less legal certainty, as compliance with important safeguards is postponed and parts of the framework become more fragmented A worrying precedent for reopening hard-won #DigitalRights protections before they have even had the chance to apply -
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A delay to key high-risk AI obligations, weakening accountability of those developing, selling or deploying AI systems A watering down of protections against some risky and harmful AI systems, including through a carve-out for industrial AI Less legal certainty, as compliance with important safeguards is postponed and parts of the framework become more fragmented A worrying precedent for reopening hard-won #DigitalRights protections before they have even had the chance to apply3/3 The message is clear: when powerful actors complain loudly enough, safeguards can be recast as burdens and rules that protect people can be reopened.
️🩹 This does not make the EU digital rulebook simpler. It makes it weaker, harder to enforce, and less protective of people’s rights.It also confirms a dangerous direction of travel: companies are being given more space to mark their own homework, while #FundamentalRights, justice and democratic oversight are pushed further to the margins.
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A delay to key high-risk AI obligations, weakening accountability of those developing, selling or deploying AI systems A watering down of protections against some risky and harmful AI systems, including through a carve-out for industrial AI Less legal certainty, as compliance with important safeguards is postponed and parts of the framework become more fragmented A worrying precedent for reopening hard-won #DigitalRights protections before they have even had the chance to apply -
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