The EU AI Act Newsletter #101: Trilogue Breakdown

Talks on delaying the AI Act collapse over industrial AI, Merz diverges from his coalition partner, and Parliament invites Anthropic to a hearing on the Mythos model.

Legislative Process

EU legislators fail to clinch deal to delay AI law: Pieter Haeck from POLITICO describes how EU legislators failed to agree on a rollback of the bloc's AI rules, with requirements for machinery and medical devices emerging as the main sticking point. After hours of talks, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU countries parted ways without a deal that would have delayed a key part of the AI Act until December 2027 and banned AI nudification apps, and no date has been set to resume discussions. Because new rules for high-risk AI applications are due to apply this August, the collapse tightens the timeline to avoid legal uncertainty. At the heart of the dispute, the centre-right in Parliament, backed by Germany, is pushing to let products such as machinery and medical devices comply with sectoral law rather than the AI Act, a move opposed by several member states and the centre-left.

Merz's coalition partner opposed his push to cut EU's AI rules: Maximilian Henning, reporting for Euractiv, reveals [...]

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Outline:

(00:36) Legislative Process

(04:04) Analyses

(08:06) Tools & Resources

(08:57) Discussion about this post

(09:00) Ready for more?

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First published:
May 4th, 2026

Source:
https://artificialintelligenceact.substack.com/p/the-eu-ai-act-newsletter-101-trilogue

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