( October 23, 2025, 13:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Leaders of several AI standards are asking CEN and Cenelec, the European standardization bodies responsible for developing the EU AI Act's standards, to reinstate the consensus-building process. This reaction follows the decision of the Technical Board, CEN-Cenelec's highest decision-making committee, to hand the finalization of the most delayed AI standards to drafting groups formed by handpicked experts. For the project leaders, this approach is against the bodies' internal rules and the core principles of standardization.Letter attached....
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