Monday, 17 August 2026Europe · Analysis
Independent · Brussels & Berlin
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Member of the European Parliament, Greens/EFA
Lawmakers wanted the company's policy chief but received a recently hired technical employee who admitted he could not answer political questions about Mythos and Fable.
Negotiators missed an informal end-of-April deadline to postpone high-risk AI rules until December 2027, leaving an August implementation date that industry warns will create legal chaos.
With 30 million users on Replika alone and evidence of tragic consequences, Brussels is struggling to fit emotional AI relationships into a regulatory framework designed for functional risks.
Henna Virkkunen suggests delaying high-risk AI rules as industry lobbying and US pressure mount, prompting warnings that Europe is dismantling its own regulatory credibility.
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