Europe's AI enforcers pick up their tools at critical time | Euractiv

From 2 August, the EU's AI Office gains formal enforcement powers under the AI Act, including rights to request information, demand technical changes, and issue fines up to 3% of revenue. Political pressure from the Trump administration and access constraints on US and Chinese AI models may deter aggressive enforcement against frontier AI labs.

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