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European Union reaches agreement on landmark legislation to regulate AI

The European Parliament in France will have to approve the AI Act for it to become law [File: Vincent Kessler/Reuters]

European Union policymakers have agreed on landmark legislation to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), paving the way for the most ambitious set of standards yet to control the use of the game-changing technology.

The agreement to support the “AI Act” on Friday came after nearly 38 hours of negotiations between lawmakers and policymakers.

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