EU Council sets path for innovation measures in AI Act’s negotiations

EU countries have taken sides on the measures in support of innovation in the upcoming AI rulebook.

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

The next trilogue is scheduled on 18 July, with the EU policymakers set to agree on some of the most controversial parts of the text, notably on the part related to innovation measures, where the positions of the co-legislators are complementary rather than conflictual.

The Spanish Presidency of the EU Council of Ministers, which will represent member states in the negotiations, circulated an options paper on this part of the text, seen by EURACTIV, that was discussed last Wednesday (5 July) at the Telecom Working Party, a technical body of the Council.

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