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CEPA adviser says Europe still lacks rules for who pays when AI harms

CEPA's Kai Zenner, adviser to MEP Axel Voss, argues that after the Commission withdrew its AI Liability Directive, fragmented national tort rules let developers shift risk onto users, and calls for a unified EU regime with lighter evidentiary burdens for victims.

Verified Opinion Abroad AI-drafted Center for European Policy Analysis article, 30 April 2026

What the source does not establish. Does not establish any new EU liability law; this is Zenner's own prescription following the directive's withdrawal.

Index score. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Opinion urging an EU-wide AI liability law; moves no question until legislated.. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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