The EU is accused of giving in to large technology companies when it comes to AI regulation. Here’s why

The European Commission is proposing to postpone some parts of its new guidelines on artificial intelligence as part of a plan to streamline and relax many technical regulations.

The Commission has defended the changes, with a spokesman saying that “simplification is not deregulation”.

But critics argue they will give big tech companies access to vast amounts of data, including sensitive health and biometric information, to train AI models.

It comes at a time when Australia is considering how it will regulate the fast-growing sector amid concerns about a lack of guardrails around the technology.

The federal government has indicated that it wants to take a “sensible middle path” between business and workers’ rights.

Here you can find out what the EU is changing and why.

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