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EU AI Act leaves agents in regulatory limbo

A new paper published by AI ethicists draws attention to a hole in the EU AI Act surrounding high-risk agentic systems.

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AI agents do not formally exist in the EU’s AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence legislation. By design, neither the regulation, nor its accompanying harmonized standardization request, include the term, as the law regulates AI systems instead of specific types of models. However, the rapid technological advancement of agents and agentic systems, including increasingly complex multi-agent architectures, raises significant questions for firms’ compliance departments.

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