Analysis from Carnegie Endowment warns that the EU’s recent deregulatory shift on AI risks eroding democratic oversight and the union’s norm-setting credibility. Article 2 of the AI Act placed national-security uses outside the law’s scope, effectively permitting EU governments to deploy AI systems for mass surveillance in public spaces at protests or national borders. The European Commission’s 2025 work program signaled a striking policy shift toward deregulation, with exemptions extending to private companies and potentially to third countries providing AI technology to police and law enforcement agencies.
Original source: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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