Ursula Von der Leyen backs AI slowdown in State of the Union address
16-09-2026 10:45 via thenextweb.com

Ursula Von der Leyen backs AI slowdown in State of the Union address

In the speech she gave in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Ursula Von der Leyen agreed to the AI industry’s call for a slowdown. “The EU would arrange a discussion with the major AI labs on how public authorities can support the industry’s efforts to pace the frontier of this disruptive technology, ” the Commission president said, […]
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