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    Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules

    The deal paves the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and has spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.
    by The Associated Press Dec 09, 2023 3 minutes

    LONDON — European Union negotiators clinched a deal Friday on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of AI technology that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity.

    Negotiators from the European Parliament and the bloc's 27 member countries overcame big differences on controversial points including generative AI and police use of face recognition surveillance to sign a tentative political agreement for the Artificial Intelligence Act.

    "Deal!" tweeted European Commissioner Thierry Breton just before midnight. "The EU becomes the very first

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