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October 30, 2023

‘Nobody should overreact’ against EU’s AI Act, Spain’s AI minister says

Carme Artigas says founders should be ‘very calm’ about the upcoming legislation


Carme Artigas, Spain's AI and digitalisation minister

Europe’s AI startup founders shouldn’t “overreact” in response to the legislation being prepared by the EU to regulate the technology, Spain’s AI and digitalisation minister tells Sifted.

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Cristina Gallardo

Cristina Gallardo was a senior reporter at Sifted based in Madrid and Barcelona. She covered Europe's tech sovereignty, deeptech and Iberia. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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