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India's AI Impact Summit exposed quiet EU unease over proposed “deliverables,” including a new AI inclusion alliance and AI-for-science network, seen as duplicating UN structures. A compromise avoided a diplomatic rift just after the EU-India trade deal. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

How India’s AI summit prompted EU unease over new governance structures | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

India is using its AI Impact Summit this week to propose new governance bodies, which prompted EU concerns of duplication with existing UN structures. After initial unease over implied commitments in ...

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EU countries will discuss tomorrow adding two new bans to the AI Act via the omnibus. Draft proposals would prohibit AI systems used to generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes and child sexual abuse material. Support is growing, but questions remain. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU countries to discuss banning sexual deepfakes, AI-generated CSAM | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

EU governments will discuss adding two new bans to the AI Act to prohibit generative AI systems from producing sexual deepfakes and child sexual abuse material. The proposal, debated under the amendme...

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The second Council compromise on the AI omnibus refines the new AI Office's enforcement powers, incl. due process safeguards, introduces an EDPS-led sandbox, reinforces existing AI literacy duties, and sets a deadline for post-market guidance. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU countries refine centralized governance in AI Act changes | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

EU governments have refined the AI Act’s centralized enforcement model in a new redraft of the legislative amendments, consolidating the AI Office’s powers while adding due process guarantees. The tex...

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MEPs broadly agree that sexual deepfakes should be tackled in the AI Act omnibus, but they’re split on how. Renew + S&D back a ban limited to non-consensual content. Greens want an outright ban. S&D also proposes duties on GenAI providers. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU lawmakers divided on how to curb sexual deepfakes in AI Act changes | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

EU lawmakers are divided on how to regulate sexual deepfakes in amendments to the AI Act. Some centrist and left-wing lawmakers back a ban limited to non-consensual content, while Greens and others se...

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The Commission has set its 2026 priorities for AI Act's implementing and delegated acts, incl. GPAI enforcement rules & the AI Office’s market surveillance powers. Energy consumption methodology and systemic risk criteria are deprioritized. www.mlex.com/mlex/article... More on MLex.

EU Commission sets out priorities for AI Act implementation | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European Commission has identified its 2026 priorities for implementing the AI Act, focusing on procedural rules for general-purpose AI models, regulatory sandboxes and the AI Office’s market surv...

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Leading MEPs are backing fixed AI Act deadlines, dropping the Commission’s discretion to anticipate high-risk duties. The draft report restores AI literacy duties & tightens sensitive data use, while leaving tougher issues like registration for later. www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...

Leading EU lawmakers push for fixed AI Act deadlines | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Leading European Parliament lawmakers Arba Kokalari and Michael McNamara want fixed deadlines for delayed AI Act high-risk obligations, removing the European Commission’s discretion to advance them. T...

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Momentum is building to add a ban on sexualized deep fakes to the EU’s AI Act. After the Grok scandal, EU lawmakers were the first to call for a ban. Now Spain, France, Ireland, and Slovenia are backing a similar move in the Council. But legal limits loom. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Momentum builds for EU AI Act to ban sexualized deep fakes | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

A growing group of EU countries including Spain, France, Ireland and Slovenia is backing a ban in the AI Act on generating sexualized deep fakes and non-consensual intimate content, prompted by the Gr...

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Centralizing AI Act enforcement is emerging as a key fault line in the AI omnibus talks. EU governments are pushing back against expanding the AI Office’s powers, setting up a likely clash with the European Parliament. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Can EU plans to centralize AI law enforcement endure pushback by member states? | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Several EU countries are pushing back against the European Commission’s plans to centralize AI Act enforcement in its AI Office, arguing that it would undermine national regulatory powers. Italy, Germ...

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EU countries are pushing to keep the AI Act’s high-risk regime narrow for law enforcement. As the Commission drafts guidance, 23 of 27 member states back a letter warning that a broad interpretation would undermine police capabilities & slow investigations www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU countries press for law enforcement considerations in AI law guidelines | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

European governments led by Ireland have called for the European Commission to give specific consideration to law enforcement uses of artificial intelligence such as biometric identification in the EU...

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The Council’s first compromise on the AI omnibus is out, and it pushes back hard on the Commission’s original approach. The text favors fixed deadlines for high-risk AI obligations & reinstates a simplified registration requirement, among other changes. www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...

EU countries edge toward fixed AI Act legal deadlines | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

EU governments are moving toward a fixed timeline for delayed AI Act high-risk obligations in a first compromise text on the AI amendment package, removing the European Commission’s ability to trigger...

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France is quietly testing support among EU capitals to split the AI “omnibus,” separating the delay of high-risk duties from broader changes. The aim is to reopen space for deeper reform, but some countries fear it could bog talks down and derail adoption. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

France seeks to split AI Act delay from changes in bid for deeper reform | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

France is seeking support among EU countries to split proposed AI Act amendments from a time-sensitive delay of key obligations, aiming to allow deeper reforms. The French government is testing the wa...

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EU Commission plans to expand cybersecurity certificates to cover companies’ overall risk-management posture, a draft of the revamped Cybersecurity Act shows. The reform aims to revive stalled EU cyber certification by introducing clearer procedural rules. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU set to broaden scope of cybersecurity certificates in legislative revamp | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European Commission plans to expand EU cybersecurity certification schemes to cover companies’ overall risk-management posture, under a revised Cybersecurity Act due on Jan. 20. Draft rules would ...

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The Commission will specify in upcoming guidelines what documentation AI developers must prepare when relying on the AI Act’s so-called “filter” to conclude that their system does not qualify as high-risk. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

AI developers set to see how to escape AI Act’s tighter regime | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European Commission will clarify in upcoming guidelines what documentation AI developers must produce to show their systems fall outside the AI Act’s high-risk regime. The guidance will explain ho...

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The Frontier AI initiative is taking shape. Backed by 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪 & the Commission, it aims to create a nonprofit lab in Europe to support frontier AI research not yet viable for markets. An internal paper points to early support by 30 leading AI researchers. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Europe’s planned pioneering AI lab attracts backing of 30 researchers | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

An initiative announced in November to create a leading Europe-based center for developing the frontiers of artificial intelligence has attracted backing from 30 top researchers, according to an inter...

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The Cyprus presidency aims to secure a negotiating mandate on the AI omnibus by early April, after initial talks pointing to limited changes. The main exception is the plan to drop the registration requirement, which is facing pushback from 🇪🇸 & 🇩🇪 www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU countries seeking position on AI Act amendments by April | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

EU governments aim to reach a negotiating position by late March or early April on amendments to the bloc's AI Act following initial legislative discussions. Removing the registration requirement is p...

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The draft revamp of the Cybersecurity Act that went to interservice consultation includes a mandatory phase-out of Chinese ICT equipment from critical sectors. The proposal faces strong resistance inside the Commission and from Spain & Germany www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU Commission considers mandatory phase-out of Chinese ICT vendors | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European Commission is considering a mandatory phase-out of ICT equipment from Chinese vendors like Huawei and ZTE from critical infrastructure in the revised Cybersecurity Act due on Jan. 14, MLe...

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Some end-of-the-year news from the Commission's AI Office. After one and a half years, Matthieu Delescluse is set to be appointed head of unit for AI Safety, a key role for enforcing the AI Act's rules on GPAI models. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Matthieu Delescluse appointed AI safety head in EU Commission's AI office | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European AI Office will now have a head of AI safety after Matthieu Delescluse was appointed to the role, the European Commission has said. The crucial post has been vacant since the office was se...

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The European Parliament's report on algorithmic management sends mixed messages on whether MEPs want binding rules, and is unlikely to break the deadlock inside the Commission on whether this topic should be addressed in the upcoming Quality Jobs Act. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU lawmakers send mixed messages on new rules for AI in the workplace | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

EU lawmakers approved a resolution on AI in the workplace but removed a call for a legislative initiative after opposition led by the center-right European People's Party. The report still urges the E...

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The EU Parliament has ended its internal dispute over who will steer the AI Act changes, confirming joint IMCO-LIBE lead. Focus now shifts to who will be rapporteur, with Brando Benifei challenging the EPP’s bid to give the lead to Arba Kokalari in IMCO. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Committees’ dispute on AI Act amendments solved by EU Parliament | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European Parliament has settled its internal dispute over who will lead work on the AI Act amendments, confirming joint leadership by the Internal Market and Civil Liberties committees. Political ...

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The Commission’s health package proposes moving MDR & IVDR from Annex I Section A to B under the AI Act. A technical tweak with big consequences, shifting from immediate high-risk compliance to a sector-driven approach via secondary acts. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Medical devices to get softer AI compliance regime, EU Commission proposes | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Manufacturers of medical devices would see compliance with the EU AI Act's high-risk regime eased under a European Commission proposal. Part of a broader update to medical-device laws, it reflects lon...

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The Commission is weighing a plan B for the AI Act delay. If the omnibus stalls ahead of the August 2026 deadline, a fallback option being considered is to carve out the postponement of high-risk rules into a separate fast-track proposal, MLex has learned. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU AI Act delays could be separated out if proposed amendments get stuck | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

A possible standalone proposal to delay the EU AI Act’s high-risk regime is under consideration in the European Commission to cover the possibility that its recently unveiled broader package of amendm...

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France wants common specs for the development of labelling and detection tools for AI-generated content, as a fragmented landscape of proprietary solutions would leave Europe dependent on foreign tech in areas such as justice, journalism, and elections. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

GenAI developers see France push for common EU labelling requirements | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

France is pushing for common EU-wide technical specifications to label and detect AI-generated content, warning that proprietary tools from mostly non-European developers would create critical depende...

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The Commission gambled by tying the AI Act’s high-risk delay to the full AI omnibus. For now, it isn’t paying off. Parliament is stuck in a new turf war as ITRE & JURI challenged the IMCO-LIBE lead, & some rapporteurs won't be appointed until late January. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU parliamentary committees challenge process for AI law amendments | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Two European Parliament committees have challenged plans for the passage of amendments to the EU's artificial intelligence law, an early sign that internal wrangling could slow the pace of the legisla...

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The Commission’s plan to delay the AI Act’s high-risk regime is facing serious questioning from EU governments. Countries are questioning the Commission’s discretion to set new deadlines and demanding clear criteria for predictability. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU countries question proposed approach for delaying AI Act’s key duties | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

A planned delay for key EU AI Act duties has come under question from member states, which warn that the European Commission's proposed approach lacks clear criteria, predictability and sufficient inv...

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BREAKING: It's game over for the AI Liability Directive. In a decisive vote, the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee rejected (by 22 votes to 1) the proposal to legally challenge the European Commission’s withdrawal of the file. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Withdrawal of AI liability proposal won't face challenge by EU lawmakers | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

An overwhelming majority of lawmakers on the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee declined to challenge the AI Liability Directive's withdrawal in a vote on Wednesday. Solid opposition from t...

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Will the Commission propose binding rules on AI in the workplace? Today’s Quality Jobs Roadmap won’t say. A draft seen by MLex keeps the door open but narrows the path, amid internal political tensions. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU Commission set to prolong uncertainty on regulating AI in the workplace | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

Whether to propose binding rules on AI in the workplace or not is a question still causing division in the European Commission. EU social affairs chief Roxana Mînzatu favors legislation, but she faces...

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The Commission is preparing an implementing act detailing how the AI Act will be enforced for GPAI models. It will cover model evaluations, investigative procedures, rights of providers, and the sanction regime, drawing on DMA/DSA enforcement. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Enforcement of AI models’ rules in preparation by EU Commission | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European Commission is preparing a single implementing act to set out procedures for enforcing the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose AI models. The implementing regulation will define how investig...

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The EU AI Board is set to keep its rotating chair system until June 2026. EU countries back a staged reform of the board’s rules, but key questions over the future leadership remain. If confirmed on Dec. 4, Cyprus will chair the board in early 2026. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU's AI regulatory body set to retain rotating leadership model until mid-2026 | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation

The European AI Board will likely extend its rotating chair system until June 2026, as plans to move toward an election-based system have stalled, and discussions on a permanent leadership structure a...

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