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EU AI Act a 'rigidity trap', University of Exeter study warns
A University of Exeter study finds the EU's 2024 AI Act a "rigidity trap" that cannot absorb rapid technological change, already superseded by the 2026 AI Simplification Act before full implementation. The research shows US sector-specific, risk-triggered regulation has proved more concrete and enforceable than the EU's comprehensive framework.
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The Wire takeaway
If you're building AI in Europe, the rulebook just changed twice in two years—the one you built compliance for is already dead. The US playbook of sector-specific rules that tighten when real harm surfaces is now the evidence-backed path, and the UK's bet that existing regulators can enforce piece by piece just got ammunition.
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