These systems need a set of standards to be compliant with the regulation. But there has been a “little delay” in developing these standards, Sioli acknowledged, so the Commission is in discussions with the standardization organizations on the exact timing of the standards and whether a delay is necessary.
“It’s not about pausing the whole AI Act, it’s about checking if and when the standards can be delivered and to organize ourselves around that,” she said.
Sioli declined to quantify what possibility there is in a delay, merely saying the Commission is “still assessing.”