AI Act: EP approves simplification measures and "nudifier" app ban

The European Parliament has given final approval to changes to the EU AI Act under the digital omnibus package. The reforms postpone several high-risk and watermarking deadlines to give companies legal certainty, reduce overlapping rules for machinery products, and extend SME-style exemptions to small mid-cap enterprises. Alongside the simplification measures, Parliament secured an outright ban on "nudifier" apps and AI systems that generate child sexual abuse material or non-consensual intimate imagery.