Article published in La Silla Vacía Newspaper - New Deadlines in the EU AI Act
Europe just gave itself more time to comply with some of the toughest rules in its AI Act, but reading this as “everything got delayed” is misleading: the bans on unacceptable AI uses, the requirement to train staff on responsible AI use, and the rules for large AI models have been in force since 2025 and didn’t change. This matters directly for Colombia because the European law also applies to Colombian companies that sell services or build AI solutions for European clients, and because the so-called “Brussels effect” — as already happened with data protection — suggests the European risk-based regulatory model will end up shaping Colombia’s own future AI law. The extra time, then, isn’t a truce: it’s a window for the country’s companies to get ready before compliance stops being optional.