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AI Act’s bans, high-risk use cases first review expected in April, EU says

By Luca Bertuzzi ( March 11, 2026, 09:21 GMT | Insight) -- The European Commission will finalize in April its first review of the AI Act’s banned and high-risk use cases, after missing the August 2025 deadline. In a letter to lawmaker Sergey Lagodinsky, it said sexual deepfakes aren’t covered by current bans, as lawmakers and governments push to add explicit prohibitions in ongoing talks on amendments to the AI law.The European Commission will finalize its first review of the AI Act’s list of prohibited practices and high-risk use cases in April, and considers sexual deepfakes are not currently covered under the law, MLex has learned....

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