After two years of negotiation and a final session of trilogue
that lasted hours, on 9 December 2023 the European Parliament and
the Council of the EU finally reached a political agreement on the
coming regulation on artificial intelligence ("AI
Act"). Ursula von der Leyen, President of the
European Commission, welcomed this political agreement, pointing
out that the AI Act "is the first-ever comprehensive legal
framework on Artificial Intelligence worldwide".
The final text, however, is not yet available since work must
continue at technical level, and the drafting of the AI Act - based
on the compromise reached - has yet to be finalised. The European
Parliament and the Council of the EU will in principle formally
adopt the AI Act in the next weeks.
