AI: EU Parliament approves simplification of legislation, ban on 'nudifier' systems
The European Parliament has given final approval to amendments to certain provisions of the Artificial Intelligence Act as part of the Digital Omnibus proposal. The measures to defer and reduce obligations for systems using AI, adopted by 423 votes in favour, 57 against and 174 abstentions, aim to support businesses in implementing the AI Act, whilst maintaining its key provisions and risk-based approach. The application of certain parts of the law is being deferred to ensure that the necessary standards and support measures are in place first. The obligations for high-risk AI systems will apply from 2 December 2027 for standalone high-risk AI systems; from 2 August 2028 for AI systems integrated as safety components and governed by EU sectoral legislation on safety and market surveillance. The law also postpones the application of labelling requirements for AI-generated content until 2 December 2026. By that date, AI-generated content must be labelled in a legible manner to increase transparency. The law prohibits AI systems that generate child sexual abuse material or create images, videos and audio depicting the private parts of an identifiable person or sexually explicit activities without their consent (so-called ‘nudifier’ systems). Providers will not be allowed to place such systems on the EU market unless they are equipped with adequate technical safeguards to prevent the creation of such material. The ban also applies to users who employ these systems for this purpose. Companies will have until 2 December 2026 to bring their systems into compliance.
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