AI Act agreement held up by biometrics restrictions as debate deadline nears

The sausage-making behind the EU's proposed AI Act is nearing its end and yet the legislation appears to have reached a point of ultimate precariousness.

In fact, according to one report, any single policy – including the use of remote public systems for biometrics identification – could threaten the proposed risk-based AI Act's survival.

In that specific case, according to trade publication TechCrunch, EU members have rejected language imposing an outright ban on using biometric ID systems in public.

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