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EU lawmakers agree draft AI law amendments, includes ban on sexual deepfakes

By Luca Bertuzzi ( March 11, 2026, 18:06 GMT | Insight) -- EU lawmakers have struck a political deal on amendments to the bloc's landmark AI law, including a new ban on non-consensual sexual deepfakes and eased rules for AI in sector-regulated products. The plan would fix postponed compliance deadlines, tighten sensitive data safeguards, keep most small mid-cap exemptions and reinstate a simplified database registration requirement.EU lawmakers have reached an agreement on a package of amendments to the bloc's landmark AI law that includes a new ban on sexual deepfakes and a simplified regime for AI systems embedded in sector-regulated products, MLex has learned....

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