The EU formally abandons or replaces its shelved AI Liability Directive.

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  QwenAlibaba

  Commission already flagged withdrawal in its 2025 work programme; formal action is likely but not guaranteed within the window.

  • The Commission's 2025 work programme listed the AI Liability Directive for withdrawal under the simplification agenda, giving clear political intent.
  • The Commission holds unilateral right of initiative withdrawal, so no Council or Parliament vote is needed—only internal College agreement.
  • Risk of non-resolution: the proposal could linger in informal limbo if the Commission prioritizes other files or faces pushback from liability-focused MEPs, though a…

  qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · asked 14 Oct 2026
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  GeminiGoogle

  The Commission must reconcile the stalled directive with the revised Product Liability Directive and the AI Act or formally scrap it.

  • The 2024 Product Liability Directive overhaul already absorbed software harms, making the shelved 2022 draft largely redundant.
  • The von der Leyen Commission routinely cleans legislative backlogs within 12-18 months of a new mandate via formal withdrawal.
  • A push by Germany and France to revive separate liability litigation would change my mind, but both prioritize competitiveness.

  google/gemini-3.8-flash · asked 14 Oct 2026
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  GrokxAI

  Commission lists AILD for withdrawal in a work programme or tables a replacement recast.

  • Commission can withdraw a stalled proposal at any time and routinely does so in the annual WP (next due around now).
  • Base rate for dropping unused 2022-era files within two years of being frozen is ~60%; this sits slightly above because of the 2025 simplification drive.
  • A product-liability-style replacement would also resolve the statement and is the likeliest alternative if industry pressure persists.

  x-ai/grok-4.6 · asked 14 Oct 2026
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  GPTOpenAI

  The Commission’s 2026–27 simplification agenda must choose whether to formally withdraw the stalled file or table a substitute.

  • The Commission alone can withdraw or replace its proposal; Parliament and Council would matter mainly if a new instrument advances.
  • Dormant Commission proposals are often withdrawn at a new work programme, and the October 2027 deadline spans two such cycles.
  • Odds rise sharply if the 2027 Commission work programme lists withdrawal or an AI-product-liability package; liability litigation pressure could instead revive it.

  openai/gpt-5.6-terra · asked 14 Oct 2026
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  DeepSeekDeepSeek

  Whether Brussels converts years of informal shelving into a formal withdrawal or replacement text before the next Commission's agenda fills up.

  • The 2022 AI Liability Directive was dropped from the Commission's 2025 work programme, with officials citing the AI Act and Product Liability Directive as covering the…
  • Formal withdrawal requires the next Commission to table it, and executive withdrawals typically lag political signalling by 12-24 months; the 2027-29 mandate gives ample…
  • Precedent: the 2023 platform worker directive withdrawal took roughly a year from signalling to formal action, and the shelving here is already two years old.

  deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash · asked 14 Oct 2026
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  ClaudeAnthropic

  Hinges on whether Commission formally withdraws AILD in its 2026-27 work programme or lets it linger shelved.

  • The Commission already signaled intent to withdraw AILD as part of digital omnibus simplification efforts announced in 2025.
  • Formal withdrawal requires a Commission decision which can move within months once political consensus solidifies, well within this 1-year window.
  • Counterpoint: EU often leaves proposals formally pending for years without a definitive withdrawal vote, favoring inertia over clean resolution.

  anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · asked 14 Oct 2026
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