Axel Voss

Von der Leyen ally slams EU Commission's AI response.

Peter Heck and Anne McElvoy from Politico write that Axel Voss, a German EPP lawmaker and ally of Ursula von der Leyen, has accused the Commission of failing to keep pace with AI.

Speaking on the Brussels Playbook Week Ender podcast after a series of AI hacking incidents, including OpenAI-powered agents breaking into Hugging Face, Voss said the Commission's working methods are unsuited to such fast-changing developments.

He added that enforcement of the AI Act, which requires companies to take measures against losing control of their models, is not on the level he would like.

And how do you- feel about this considering sometimes people compare the EU AI Office with, for example, the UK AI Security Institute.

And then I think I've seen, for example, the European Parliament member, um, Axel Voss-

Mm-hmm

... compare, make those comparison, uh, in media, and I think he might have mentioned that, well, first of all, the UK AC doesn't even work on regulation or enforcement.

Pope Leo recently appointed him to chair the Vatican's Commission on AI.

Later, I'll also be talking to Axel Voss, a German Christian Democrat in the European Parliament and one of the most senior lawmakers at the forefront of the debate on digital policy, as well as our own Peter Heck, senior technology reporter based in our Brussels newsroom.

But first, here's my conversation with Cardinal Czerny.

Cardinal Michael Czerny, welcome to Brussels Playbook Weekender podcast.

Cardinal Czerny for taking some time end of a, a long day to join us.

Thank you.

[upbeat music] In a few moments, I'm going to explore the wider questions of AI regulation with Axel Voss, who sits on the European People's Party Group in the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs, and Politico's senior technology reporter, Peter Haeg.

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