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The European Union has denied that recent moves to row back on some planned tech regulation<\/a> \u2014 principally by ditching the AI Liability Directive<\/a>, a 2022 draft law which had been aimed at making it easier for consumers to sue over harms caused by AI-enabled products and services \u2014 were made in response to pressure from the Trump administration to deregulate around AI.<\/p>\n In an interview with the Financial Times<\/a> on Friday, Henna Virkkunen, the EU\u2019s digital chief, claimed the AI liability proposal was being scrapped because the bloc wanted to focus on boosting competitiveness by cutting bureaucracy and red tape.<\/p>\n An upcoming code of practice on AI \u2014 attached to the EU\u2019s AI Act<\/a> \u2014 would also limit reporting requirements to what\u2019s included in existing AI rules, she said.<\/p>\n On Tuesday<\/a>, U.S. vice president JD Vance warned European legislators to think again when it comes to technology rule-making \u2014 urging the bloc to join it in leaning into the \u201cAI opportunity,\u201d via a speech at the Paris AI Action Summit<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Commission published its 2025 work program<\/a> the day after Vance\u2019s speech \u2014 touting a \u201cbolder, simpler, faster<\/a>\u201d Union. The document confirmed the demise of the AI liability proposal, while simultaneously setting out plans aimed at stoking regional AI development and adoption.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n