Germany to Back EU AI Act as Digital Ministry Drops Opposition

Germany will back European Union proposals to regulate artificial intelligence after the Transport and Digital Affairs Ministry dropped its opposition to the bloc’s AI Act.

The governing alliance in Berlin reached a “workable compromise” which “lays the foundations for the development of trustworthy AI,” Volker Wissing, the minister for transport and digital affairs, said Tuesday in an emailed statement.

“I campaigned until the very end for more innovation-friendly rules,” Wissing said. “When implementing the AI Act, we will use the maximum scope to avoid double regulation and develop Europe into a major AI location that can hold its own ...