How the US government wants to rewrite EU’s code of practice for AI models

By Luca Bertuzzi ( April 29, 2025, 12:44 GMT | Insight) -- The US administration has sent an official démarche to the European Commission, asking to pause the implementation of the AI Act — or at least address the flaws in the EU code of practice for AI models — according to a detailed commentary, seen by MLex. The feedback asks for the code to be amended by providing more flexibility, reducing the prescriptiveness, better aligning it with the AI Act, strengthening trade secret protections, and clarifying its relationship with EU copyright law.The US administration has sent an official démarche to the European Commission, requesting that the implementation of the AI Act be paused — or at least that the flaws in the EU code of practice for AI models be addressed — according to a detailed commentary seen by MLex....

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How the US government wants to rewrite EU’s code of practice for AI models

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