After a grueling trilogue process that featured two marathon negotiating sessions, the European Union finally came to a political agreement 8 Dec. on what will be the world's first comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence. The EU AI Act will be a risk-based, horizontal regulation with far-reaching provisions for companies and organizations using, designing or deploying AI systems.

Though the so-called trilogue process is a fairly opaque one, where the European Parliament, European Commission and Council of the European Union negotiate behind closed doors, journalist Luca Bertuzzi has acted as a window into the process through his persistent reporting for Euractiv.

IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy caught up with Bertuzzi to discuss the negotiations and what comes next in the process.
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