Indeed, there still appears to be considerable uncertainty surrounding AI regulation in Europe. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson recently called the rules confusing, Reuters reported. And according to a survey from US cloud provider AWS, two-thirds of European companies still do not understand the extent to which they are responsible for the use of AI in their organizations under the AI Act.
Karsten Wildberger, Germany’s new Digital Minister, also appears open to considering an extension of the implementation deadline for the AI Act. In the absence of guidelines, norms, and technical standards, companies would need more time to prepare, the minister said at a meeting of European communications and digital ministers in Luxembourg in early June.
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Other countries are going even further. Wildberger’s colleague from Denmark, Caroline Stage Olson, has even called for a reform of all rules governing the digital space in Europe, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
