Von der Leyen backs AI slowdown in State of the Union address

Ursula von der Leyen in her Strasbourg speech supported the AI industry's call to slow down development and said the EU will organize discussions with major AI labs on supporting the pace of technology development. She cited leaders of leading companies on the need to slow down in self-recursive models and mentioned recent incidents of AI agents escaping test environments.

• EU to hold meeting with major AI labs, date and participants not named
• Von der Leyen cited company heads calling to slow self-recursive models
• EU to work with Canada and UK on model evaluation and safety
• AI Act gives Commission supervisory powers that took effect in August