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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The EU Parliament's JURI committee will vote next week on whether to challenge the Commission’s decision to withdraw the AI Liability Directive before the EU Court of Justice - in a move that could replicate the path followed on the SEP proposal. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

❗ Researchers say they’ve found a universal “jailbreak” for top AI models, through poetry. A new study shows that rephrasing harmful prompts as short poems can bypass safety filters across all major models, raising questions over AI Act compliance. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

BREAKING: The Commission’s digital omnibus on AI proposes delaying the AI Act’s high-risk rules under Annex III to Dec 2027 and Annex I to Aug 2028. But the Commission could anticipate the deadline, giving a six-month or 12-month notice, respectively. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...

🚨 The Commission will propose a pause of up to 15 months for the EU AI Act’s high-risk regime, with the exact length to be confirmed on Wednesday. The pause is bundled into the AI omnibus, putting pressure on MEPs and countries to adopt it before August. www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...

The Commission is taking a “wait-and-see” approach on GPAI standards, with no request expected before mid-2026. By the time they’re ready, likely around 2030, the AI market may have moved on, or Brussels may have further changed its rules. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The Commission is planning to issue a crisis protocol under the DSA and administrative guidance on how to use AI in electoral processes, incl. commitments for political parties, as part of its EU Democracy Shield. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The European AI Office plans to expand its team by 50+ staff as part of the digital omnibus on AI. The reform would strengthen its supervisory powers & create an EU-level regulatory sandbox, funded with €12M reallocated from the Digital Europe Programme. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

LEAK: I got my hands on the digital omnibus on AI. Some key takeaways: ▶️ Centralized enforcement ▶️ Expanded regulatory privileges ▶️ Grace period for labelling ▶️ No AI literacy obligation on companies Another must-read on @mlexclusive 👇 www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Does the EU AI Act apply to AI agents? The Commission’s initial views seem to suggest AI agents might not always qualify as an AI system. MEP Lagodinsky asked the Commission to clarify its position and warned about a potential misalignment. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

SCOOP: The Commission is moving to recognize “legitimate interest” as the legal basis for training AI models under the GDPR. The proposal, part of the upcoming digital omnibus, is now under formal discussion between DG CNECT and DG JUST. w/ Matthew Newman www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The European AI Board is set for a staged internal reform as EU countries prepare to decide on the role, term length, and renewals of its future chair. If all goes to plan, the board’s first elected chair could be chosen at the December meeting. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The Cybersecurity Act revision and the Digital Networks Act have been postponed to Jan. 20, following negative opinions by the Regulatory Scrutiny Board.

The EU declaration on digital sovereignty is converging with the Franco-German summit agenda — EU countries are set to sign it in Berlin. A new draft shifts focus to partners sharing EU values, national control over tech, & drops open-source preferences. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

MEP Sergey Lagodinsky has filed a complaint with the EU Ombudsman, arguing that the AI Act’s Code of Practice on GPAI lets model providers avoid disclosing training energy use, contradicting the law’s transparency requirements. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Germany’s digital ministry is pushing for an extensive pause of the AI Act and some radical ideas for softening the law, such as expanding the research exemptions, removing some high-risk areas, and scrapping fundamental rights impact assessments. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The Commission is weighing changes to how the AI Act applies to products already regulated under EU safety laws as part of the upcoming digital omnibus due on Nov. 19. This might ease compliance for sectors like medical devices & industrial machineries.

The EU AI Act’s standards saga goes global. ISO/IEC’s AI committee rejected CEN-led parallel work on computer vision & NLP standards after European standard-setters paused the consensus process, in a major setback for global alignment and efficiency. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

OpenAI, xAI & Mistral may have just received their first EU AI Act warning shot. Dutch regulator AP found ChatGPT, Grok & le Chat gave biased voting advice ahead of elections — a potential breach of new GPAI rules. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

🚨 Standard-setters have abandoned their consensus-driven process to speed up work on the EU AI Act’s standards. CEN & Cenelec’s technical board will task a small group of experts to finalize delayed standards, a move that has sparked a strong backlash. www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...

The Commission quietly published its “cloud sovereignty framework” to reduce reliance on foreign providers and boost EU control over critical infrastructure. Though meant for its own tenders, it’s likely to shape the upcoming Cloud and AI Development Act. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

BREAKING: ChatGPT could soon fall under the DSA rules after OpenAI revealed its search feature has over 120M monthly users in the EU, far above the “systemic risk” threshold. Formal designation and calculation of the supervisory fee could take a few weeks. www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...

MEPs are preparing to call for EU copyright rules to apply to all generative AI systems placed on the EU market, even if trained abroad. A new compromise backs making respect of EU copyright law a market entry requirement under the AI Act. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Austria has kicked off efforts to define what “digital sovereignty” means for Europe with a first draft of an EU declaration laying out guiding principles to shape future priorities, stressing that digital sovereignty is about autonomy, not isolation. www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...

Austria has kicked off efforts to define what “digital sovereignty” means for Europe with a first draft of an EU declaration laying out guiding principles to shape future priorities, stressing that digital sovereignty is about autonomy, not isolation. www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...

Last week, the EU's Joint Research Centre released a set of external studies on general-purpose AI models. They don’t officially represent the Commission’s views, but they could shape how the AI Act’s GPAI rules are interpreted in practice. 1/4👇 www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

No common specs in sight for the AI Act. The commission told MEPs today it isn’t planning to develop mandatory “common specifications,” even though the technical standards for the high-risk rules will be late for the Aug. 2026 deadline. www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...

The European Commission has given its first preview of how the digital omnibus will amend the EU AI Act. Topics “under consideration”: interplay with other laws, governance, innovation, SME exemptions, and a possible timeline alignment. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The European AI Board could be in for a major shake-up, as Austria is pushing to downsize the role of the Commission's AI Office in favor of an elected chair and clarify the role of the body's subgroups. Full story on @mlexclusive. www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...

The Netherlands weighs in on the EU’s digital simplification agenda. Key message: focus on legal clarity, not deregulation. It also calls for streamlined governance of EU boards and, on the AI Act, urges simplification over delays. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The EU Commission plans to publish its AI Act interplay guidelines, covering GDPR, product safety, platform & copyright laws, only in Q3 2026, right before or after the high-risk rules take effect. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

Digital sovereignty is on the agenda of the next European Council summit. Draft conclusions seen by MLex show EU leaders set to reaffirm the bloc’s regulatory autonomy and urge lawmakers to fast-track files related to simplification. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The EU Commission has again delayed its decision on whether to propose a pause for the AI Act’s high-risk rules. An announcement was considered alongside the Apply AI Strategy, but dropped after the digital omnibus was moved up. Full story on MLex. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

What to expect from the EU’s upcoming Apply AI Strategy? The plan aims to build a sovereign AI ecosystem by boosting AI use across 10 key sectors. Initiatives include a study on genAI legal challenges, open model competitions, & research on AI agents. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

EU countries are aligning on cloud sovereignty, with most member states backing the direction the Commission has taken with the Cloud & AI Development Act. The Commission eyes finalizing EUCS certification & embedding it in procurement rules. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The EU Ombudswoman has opened an inquiry into the AI Act’s standardization process because CEN/CENELEC are not required to disclose the names of participants or publish meeting minutes. The question is whether this could create further delays. www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/news-docu...

EU countries split on the AI Act pause. Many back a delay, others warn it’s counterproductive, & heavyweights remain noncommittal. The Commission will decide soon, with only “quick fixes” planned in the digital omnibus & a broader Fitness Check to follow. www.mlex.com/mlex/article...

The European AI Board is set to change its leadership model, currently tied to the Council’s rotating presidency, to an election-based system like the @EU_EDPB. First talks on the new rules start in October, with the shift expected next year. www.mlex.com/mlex/artific...