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Germany misses AI authority deadline, hurting its AI innovation, says Hamburg DPA

( July 31, 2025, 12:03 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The German federal government's failure to appoint supervisory authorities to enforce the EU's AI Act by the Aug. 2 deadline is putting companies at a disadvantage as they lack contact points for questions, said Hamburg’s Data watchdog in a statement today. It calls on the government to swiftly designate the AI supervisory authorities, adding that Germany still lacks a law to implement the AI Act. “This is also a disadvantage for Germany as a location for AI innovation,” Hamburg’s data commissioner Thomas Fuchs said. Statement follows (in German)....

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