How trade commitments narrowed EU rules to access AI’s source codes

The capacity for public authorities and external auditors to access the source code of Artificial Intelligence in an upcoming EU rulebook was restricted based on a digital trade agreement, according to internal documents from the European Commission.

The internal documents were obtained via a freedom of information request by Kristina Irion, a law professor at the University of Amsterdam, showing several requests from the Commission’s trade department to the digital policy department on the draft AI Act.

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