EU's Virkkunen: the AI Act is "a good model for global ai regulation"

In an interview, Henna Virkkunen of the European Commission said the AI Act is a good model for global ai regulation and gives "robust protection against rogue ai risks". She named ai, quantum, chips, space and cyber as areas where the EU must avoid "risky dependencies".

This was an interview, not a Commission announcement.

Related: an EU Council vote on the Digital Omnibus, which deals with data and GDPR rules, slipped from 7 October to Sunday 11 October.

Why it matters

While the UK proposes a new global code, Brussels is pitching the rules it already has as the template.