The AI Act: AI regulation and its implementation in troubled times CPDP 2026

The AI Act: AI regulation and its implementation in troubled times In 2024, the AI Act was announced as a milestone towards global AI regulation, reaffirming the so-called 'Brussels effect'. Two years on, what impact has AI regulation had in Europe and at the global level? To address this key question, the panellists will examine the core elements of the AI Act (AIA) and how they are being implemented in a world characterised by geopolitical tensions. While several features of EU regulation, such as the risk-based approach and protection of fundamental rights, are being endorsed by other legislators, their concrete implementation has suffered from shortcomings, partially reshaping their scope by leveraging the broad definitions provided by the AIA provisions, as well as the lack of concrete methodological implementation. The AIA is both too young and quite old. A paradox that only a crucial regulation in a very complex moment can experience. Questions to be answered: What impact has AI regulation had in Europe and at the global level? In the view of the Digital Omnibus ‘simplification measures’, what should be changed and what should be kept of the AI Act? Will the AI Act be marginalised in the name of geopolitical equilibrium, or will it enable the EU to establish an alternative to market- and state-driven AI regulations, thereby asserting its regulatory sovereignty? Will the AI Act be de-constructed before we can even see if it works? Organised by Politecnico di Torino with Alessandro Mantelero (moderator), Gloria Gonzalez Fuster, Gianclaudio Malgieri, Yordanka Ivanova, Sonia Perez Romero More information: https://cpdp.be/125300