"The European Union has moved to scale back its sweeping rules governing artificial intelligence and data privacy in a bid to boost lagging innovation within the bloc. The European Commission's unveiling on Wednesday of what it is calling the Digital Omnibus marked the culmination of a showdown between tech companies aggravated by red tape and privacy advocates fearful of an erosion of digital rights."
"Under the reform package, the bloc would delay the introduction of stricter risk-management and oversight rules for high-risk AI until 2027, and allow tech firms to use anonymised personal data to train AI models. The reforms, which amend the AI Act and several other privacy and tech-related laws, would also cut back on website pop-ups asking permission to use cookies and reduce documentation requirements for small and medium-sized businesses."
The reform package, named the Digital Omnibus, scales back sweeping AI and data-privacy rules to boost innovation. The package delays stricter risk-management and oversight rules for high‑risk AI until 2027 and permits use of anonymised personal data to train AI models. The changes amend the AI Act and other privacy and tech laws, reduce website cookie pop-ups and cut documentation burdens for small and medium-sized businesses. The measures aim to simplify AI, cybersecurity and data-protection requirements to improve competitiveness across the single market. Some industry lobby groups welcomed the move but flagged unresolved issues around compute thresholds and copyright wording.
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