Tech punditry “EU AI Act means that OSS language models don’t get safe harbour protections! Model APIs will be illegal! Crime! Crime!”
Meanwhile, the AI act explicitly says existing legislation on the liability of intermediary service providers is unaffected
![5. This Regulation shall not affect the application of the provisions on the liability of intermediary service providers set out in Chapter II, Section 4 of Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council31 [as to be replaced by the corresponding provisions of the Digital Services Act].](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/5097/2023/4cad739d1d.png)