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The European Commission circulated on Sunday (19 November) a possible compromise on the AI law to break the deadlock on foundation models, applying the tiered approach to General Purpose AI and introducing codes of practice for models with systemic risks.

The AI Act is a landmark bill to regulate Artificial Intelligence based on its potential risks. The legislative proposal is currently at the last phase of the legislative process, so-called trilogues, between the EU Commission, Council and Parliament.

In the past weeks, the EU policymakers involved have been butting heads on regulating powerful foundation models like GPT-4, which powers the world’s most famous chatbot, ChatGPT, a versatile type of system known as General Purpose AI.

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A microtargeted advertising controversy which has implicated European Union lawmakers in privacy-hostile practices banned by laws they had a hand in passing is the subject of a new complaint by privacy rights not-for-profit, noyb.

The complaint against the EU Commission’s Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs is being filed today, with the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), which oversees EU institutions’ compliance with the bloc’s data protection laws.

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The Spanish presidency has requested a revised mandate on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA) ahead of the next interinstitutional negotiating session when most of the upcoming media legislation is expected to be closed.

The EMFA is a legislative proposal to increase media independence and pluralism. The bill is currently at the last phase of the legislative process whereby the EU Council, Parliament and Commission meet in so-called trilogue formats to hash out the final provisions.

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Dublin, Ireland — An investigation by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) reveals widespread trade in data about sensitive European personnel and leaders that puts them at risk of blackmail, hacking and compromise, and undermines the security of their organisations and institutions.

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A technical meeting on the EU’s AI regulation broke down on Friday (10 November) after large EU countries asked to retract the proposed approach for foundation models. Unless the deadlock is broken in the coming days, the whole legislation is at risk.

The AI Act is a landmark bill to regulate Artificial Intelligence following a risk-based approach. The file is currently in the last phase of the legislative process, with the main EU institutions gathered in so-called trilogues to hash out the final dispositions of the law.

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Study on the Essence of the fundamental rights to privacy and to the protection of personal data

The EU lawmakers spearheading the work on the AI rulebook suggested a first set of criteria to identify the most powerful foundation models that must follow a specific regime.

The AI Act is a landmark EU legislation to regulate Artificial Intelligence based on its potential to harm people. The file is currently at the last stage of the legislative process, so-called trilogues, whereby the EU Commission, Parliament, and Council hash out the final provisions.

One of the sticking points in this late stage of the negotiations has been dealing with foundation models like GPT-4, on which several AI applications can be built, like the world’s most famous chatbot, ChatGPT.

On Tuesday (7 November), Euractiv exclusively revealed that the Spanish EU Council presidency, which leads the negotiations on behalf of the Council, circulated a first draft of obligations for foundation models, including the most powerful ones, dubbed ‘high-impact’.

On Wednesday, the offices of the European Parliament’s co-rapporteurs Dragoș Tudorache and Brando Benifei shared a reaction to the presidency’s draft with MEPs. The co-rapporteurs’ text will be discussed at a political meeting on Thursday.

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The Commission welcomes the final agreement reached today by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU at the final trilogue on the Regulation introducing European Digital Identity Wallets. This concludes the co-legislators' work implementing the results of the provisional political agreement reached on 29 June 2023 on a legal framework for an EU Digital Identity, the first trusted and secure digital identity framework for all Europeans.

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What is the European Digital Identity Wallet?

EU Digital Identity Wallets are personal digital wallets, in the form of apps allowing citizens to digitally identify themselves, store and manage identity data and official documents in digital form. These may include a driving licence, medical prescriptions or educational qualifications.

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The European Commission is currently investigating whether iMessage should fall under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and therefore be subject to interoperability rules. Google and local carriers have sent a letter to regulators in Europe arguing that iMessage should be considered a “core” service.

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Key negotiators in the European Parliament have announced making a breakthrough in talks to set MEPs’ position on a controversial legislative proposal aimed at regulating how platforms should respond to child sexual abuse risks.

The European Union’s executive body, the Commission, presented a proposal for a regulation in this area last year but the plan has generated major controversy — with warnings the planned legislation could see platforms served detection orders that mandate the scanning of all users’ private messages. The draft proposal includes a requirement for platforms served with detection orders to scan for known and unknown child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and also try to pick up grooming activity taking place in real time.

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As part of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), designated Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines are due to publish their first transparency reports – and some did so already. online platforms at a finger's tip on a mobile phone © ipopba - iStock Getty Images Plus The first seven platforms have already published their reports, and the rest have until 6 November to do so. These first seven platforms are Amazon, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, Zalando (.pdf) and Bing.

The transparency report, together with a Commission database on statements of reasons, as well as additional requirements for designated services, such as the future data access for researchers, will ensure transparency and accountability over content moderation online – for the benefit of citizens, researchers and regulators. This will contribute significantly to public scrutiny and accountability.

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