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EU nations reach landmark agreement on AI regulation

EU Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, pictured reviewing one of the drafts of the landmark Artificial Intelligence Act that was finalised on Friday, 8 December 2023 © European Union

European Union negotiators have clinched a dea on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.

Negotiators from the European Parliament and the bloc's 27 member states overcame big differences on controversial points including generative AI and police use of face recognition surveillance to sign a tentative political agreement for the Artificial Intelligence Act.

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