Von der Leyen’s centrist allies clash over AI liability rules - The Next Web

A European Parliament plenary debate addressed whether AI companies should answer for harm caused by their models. Socialist and Green MEPs called for a new AI liability act. Centre-right MEP Arba Kokalari said the EU already has a full rulebook in the AI Act, parts of which are not yet in force. The headline describes the dispute as a clash among Von der Leyen’s centrist allies over AI liability rules.

The Commission proposed AI liability rules as a directive in 2022. The debate set that existing proposal against calls for a separate liability act. Kokalari’s position was that the AI Act already supplies the rulebook; the Socialist and Green position was that a new liability act is needed. The article reports the exchange without stating a vote or legislative outcome. It identifies the proposed instrument as a directive.

The context given is that parts of the AI Act are not yet in force and that the Commission’s liability proposal dates from 2022. The article frames the issue as a split over whether AI companies should be held to answer for harm their models cause. It names Socialist and Green MEPs as calling for a new AI liability act and Arba Kokalari, a centre-right MEP, as saying the AI Act is already a full rulebook. The headline describes the division as a clash among Von der Leyen’s centrist allies over AI liability rules. The article does not provide further detail on the contents of the proposed directive.