EU AI Act: Everything in One Place

A living resource for researchers and journalists trying to find all the info about the Act

Anyone can comment and suggest edits. Questions: email me deh@berkeley.edu 🙂

Table of Contents

Official Press Documents/Video

Earlier Official Versions of the EU AI Act

News Coverage

Commentary

Civil Society Resources

Infographics

Official Documents/Press Releases/Video[a][b][c]

  1. AI - Questions and Answers - European Commission Dec 12, 2023
  2. Press release: European Commission welcomes political agreement on AI Act Dec 9, 2023
  3. Statement by Commission President von der Leyen on the AI Act Dec 9, 2023
  4. Council of the European Union Press Release - Dec 9, 2023
  5. European Parliament Press Release - Dec 9, 2023
  6. Statement by Commissioner Breton Dec 8, 2023
  7. Midnight Press Conference Video - Dec 8, 2023
  8. Experimental AI Transcript of Press Conference (quality not that great but workable)

Official Drafts of Full Text of the EU AI Act

  1. Complete Draft Text with Analysis of Compromise Text Jan 26, 2024        
  2. Draft with all three versions of the EU AI Act in parallel columns Jun 20, 2023
  3. European Parliament Version, June 14, 2023 Jun 14, 2023
  4. Artificial intelligence act, Council’s General Approach Nov 25, 2022
  5. Artificial intelligence act, Commission proposal Apr 21, 2022

News Coverage

  1. Euractiv [Luca Bertuzzi seems to have a really good inside source or sources, so much so that the negotiators laughed when he asked a question on video at the press conference and someone asked him “who’s your source?”]
  1. European Union squares the circle on the world’s first AI rulebook – EURACTIV.com Dec 9, 2023 
  2. AI Act: EU policymakers nail down rules on AI models, butt heads on law enforcement – EURACTIV.com Dec 7, 2023        
  1. US Press Coverage
  1. E.U. Agrees on AI Act, Landmark Regulation for Artificial Intelligence - The New York Times Dec 8, 2023
  2. E.U. reaches deal on landmark AI bill, racing ahead of U.S. - Washington Post Dec 8, 2023 [contains details not found elsewhere about open-source exemptions]
  3. Here's how the EU will regulate AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT and GPT-4 - Fortune Dec 9, 2023 [contains details not found elsewhere about requirements for GPAI and open source, somewhat contradictory to implications of WaPo article above]
  4. EU lawmakers agree on their first AI regulations - CNN Dec 10, 2023
  5. Europe Advances Its AI Act - Tech Policy Press [audio interview with Bertuzzi] Dec 10, 2023
  1. UK Press Coverage
  1. EU agrees ‘historic’ deal with world’s first laws to regulate AI | European Union | The Guardian Dec 8, 2023
  2. AI: EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of artificial intelligence - BBC Dec 8, 2023

Commentary

  1. David Morar - Tech Policy Press Feb 7, 2024
  2. Philipp Hacker - Professor of Law & Technology at ENS [LinkedIn w/ PDF] Dec 9, 2023         
  3. Alexandra Wudel - EU AI Act - An Overview [comments and graphic on LinkedIn Post] Dec 9, 2023
  4. EU: Bloc’s decision to not ban public mass surveillance in AI Act sets a devastating global precedent - Amnesty International Dec 9, 2023
  5. AlgorithmWatch Press Release: AI Act deal: Key safeguards and dangerous loopholes  Dec 9, 2023
  6. A first look at the copyright relevant parts in the final AI Act compromise - Kluwer Copyright Blog - Paul Keller Dec 11, 2023
  7. Arthur Mensch (CEO of Mistral) on Mistral’s take - X Nov 16, 2023 [from before the agreement, but still relevant]
  8. European Civil Society on the AI Act deal: : summary of civil society reactions from the European AI & Society Fund Dec 13, 2023
  9. EU AI Act: Deal reached but too soon to celebrate, European Digital Rights December 9, 2023
  10. Access Now - Human Rights with exceptions…What’s (not) in the EU’s AI Act deal Dec 14, 2023
  11. Fair Trials - Partial ban on ‘predictive’ policing and crime prediction systems included in final EU AI Act Dec 11, 2023
  12. ECNL - CSOs fear the final EU AI Act will fall short of effectively protecting people from harmful effects of AI Dec 13, 2023
  13. The Guardian: Europe has made a great leap forward in regulating AI. Now the rest of the world must step up [disclosure—this is by the creator of this FAQ] Dec 13, 2023

Civil Society Resources

  1. Center for AI & Digital Policy: EU AI Act page (contains news, links to official docs, videos and content)
  2. AlgorithmWatch: A guide to the AI Act, the EU’s upcoming AI rulebook you should watch out for
  3. EU AI Act website from Future of Life Institute with links to many earlier documents        
  4. Spotlight: EU AI Act - Access Now (scroll down)

Infographics

  1. EU AI Act Cheat Sheet from Oliver Patel via LinkedIn Dec 11, 2023

EU AI Act Cheat Sheet

[a]yes there are two press releases! These two bodies may still have disagreements as they finalize the text in coming weeks.

[b]Scratch that, now there are three press releases and two statements :)

[c]And an FAQ now!