Berg Kutai Gokmen
May 7, 2026•update: May 7, 2026
Negotiators from European Union member states and the European Parliament agreed on Thursday to ban artificial intelligence (AI) applications used to create non-consensual sexual deepfakes.
“Today’s agreement on the AI Act will significantly support our companies by reducing their recurring administrative costs,” Marilena Raouna, Greek Cyprus’ deputy minister for European affairs, said in a statement.
“This proposal forms part of the so-called ‘Omnibus VII’ legislative package in the EU’s Simplification Agenda. This package includes two regulatory proposals aimed at simplifying the EU’s digital legislative framework and introducing harmonized rules on AI.”
The statement added that the new clause prohibits “AI actions related to the generation of non-consensual sexual and intimate content or child sexual abuse material.”
According to the statement, the tentative agreement sets new deadlines for the delayed high-risk AI rules: December 2, 2027 for standalone systems and August 2, 2028 for AI embedded in products.
It also requires providers to register exempt systems on the EU’s high-risk database and reinstates strict necessity standards for processing sensitive personal data to detect and remediate bias.
