EU Sources - AI Omnibus deal weakens workers safety protections - May 31, 2026

Trade unions are raising serious concerns that the provisional agreement reached on the AI Digital Omnibus risks weakening protections for workers and undermining the EU’s safety framework for artificial intelligence. The ETUC is particularly concerned by the removal of the Machinery Regulation from the scope of the AI Act. In practice, this would exempt AI-powered safety components that are embedded in industrial applications from complying with the essential requirements of the AI Act.

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