The commission pitched the Digital Omnibus as simplifying and streamlining digital regulations to relieve the regulatory burden for digital services and AI systems, with a specific focus on helping small-to medium-sized businesses in Europe; however, the draft proposal goes further than expected.

won’t somebody think of the poor “AI” companies? 😢

Here’s the un-paywalled link: https://archive.is/je5sj

Every goddamn day there’s some new BS showing up.

Make those motherfuckers’ phone lines burn!

I want to know who is behind these changes being proposed. This smells of corruption.

Compliance does need to be considered. The company I work for is trying extremely hard to comply, but because of complexities and ambiguities in the law, it is difficult to find out how to comply. I don’t know all the details, but I know legal, compliance, and the data engineering teams spend a lot of time figuring out how to be compliant and there aren’t always clear answers.

That said, the solution is not to roll back protections but to be very explicit about how to comply.

Just when it became technically feasible to autodecline in all kinds of cookie banners with AI enabled browsers/browser plug-ins…

This is what happens when you act for no reason like you’re better than the US.