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Europe's AI Act could take more than a year to adopt

Getting new rules adopted as fast as possible for the use of AI is crucial says the EU Commission’s lead on ”A Europe Fit for the Digital Age.”
Margrethe Vestager, EU Commission's executive vice president for ”A Europe Fit for the Digital Age" | Photo: Jennifer Jacquemart / European Unio
Margrethe Vestager, EU Commission's executive vice president for ”A Europe Fit for the Digital Age" | Photo: Jennifer Jacquemart / European Unio
by rebecca goodstein, translated by daniel pedersen

It’ll take at least a year – possibly up to three – before the EU’s new shared guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence, dubbed the AI Act, can come into force, reports Danish business daily Børsen following a briefing from Margrethe Vestager, serving as executive vice president of the European Commission for ”A Europe Fit for the Digital Age.”

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