The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools presents immense challenges in many fields, including the area of malign information manipulation. If so far we still are able to identify what is fake, AI will make creating disinformation at scale much easier and cheaper, and much more difficult to recognise. Although this AI Act will not solve all the problems, it is a significant step forward in our efforts to tackle foreign disinformation campaigns. For example, cognitive behavioural manipulation of people or specific vulnerable groups is recognised as an unacceptable risk and should be prohibited, while generative AI would have to comply with transparency requirements, thus making it easier to detect the falsifications. This will be the world’s first comprehensive AI law and it could be an important tool to shape the understanding and approaches to AI risk management in line with the EU’s values. Unverified source (2023)