The EU AI Act's Operationalisation Gap: Strong Rules, Weak Infrastructure Control
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The article argues that the EU's AI Act suffers from an "Operationalisation Gap" — while it establishes strong regulatory authority (Layer 1), it lacks control over the critical cloud-compute infrastructure that underpins AI development. This disconnect undermines the Act's effectiveness, as regulatory power without infrastructure leverage leaves enforcement and strategic influence incomplete. The author, Anastasios Tassos, frames this as a key weakness in Europe's AI governance approach.
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Regulatory power without infrastructure leverage leaves enforcement and strategic influence incomplete.
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