Meta has led the charge against the EU’s AI Act this year, as Big Tech, with backing from President Trump, grows bolder in challenging EU regulations, The Financial Times’ Barbara Moens, Hannah Murphy, and Michael Acton report, citing people familiar with the strategy. U.S. Vice President JD Vance used his recent trip to Europe to lash out at the EU’s legislation on tech by denouncing the bloc’s “onerous international” rules and called for AI regulation that does “not strangle” the sector. The EU’s tech chief Henna Virkkunen told the FT that Europe is “fully committed to enforce our rules,” despite U.S. pressure.
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