Regulation and law · Safety and security
Von der Leyen backed the slowdown call and is planning an EU frontier lab summit
The European Commission President backed the pacing debate Amodei started and said she plans to convene an EU-level summit of frontier labs. It is the first concrete step in the debate moving from company statements to government policy.
Sources
- Avrupa Komisyonu, “2026 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen”, State of the Union speech transcript, (ec.europa.eu)
- Euronews, “EU’s von der Leyen calls for pacing frontier AI models”, (euronews.com)
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This story in Turkish: Von der Leyen yavaşlama çağrısını destekledi, AB sınır laboratuvarları zirvesi planlıyor
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