Technological neutrality at the heart of effective AI regulation
The AI Act entered into force in August 2024, but the EU is still in the midst of establishing the institutional and procedural architecture needed for its full implementation. At the same...
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Technological neutrality at the heart of effective AI regulation
The AI Act entered into force in August 2024, but the EU is still in the midst of establishing the institutional and procedural architecture needed for its full implementation. At the same time, the Act has become a focal point in wider debates on Europe’s regulatory approach, competitiveness, and the challenges the bloc faces in translating innovation into commercial success.
One core challenge highlighted in this Issue Paper is the extent to which the AI Act reflects technological neutrality. While initially designed around a flexible, context-based definition of AI systems with providers as the primary responsible actors, the emergence of large general-purpose AI (GPAI) models led regulators to create a parallel regime based on training compute thresholds. This risks locking in specific technological and business models and may not reliably capture the true level of risk.
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