Artificial intelligence “nudification” tools that can generate child sexual abuse material and explicit images of adults without their consent are set to be banned at the EU. European Parliament and European Council negotiators agreed on Thursday to ban such AI systems, which will need to be formally adopted before it can enter into law. It is envisaged this will take place before early August, and include images, video, and audio. The ban would apply to placing AI systems on the EU market with the purpose of creating such content or without reasonable safety measures. Companies will have until December 2 to bring their systems in line. It comes as part of a wider agreement on AI tools. Irish MEP Michael McNamara, who is co-rapporteur for the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs committee, said: “We secured a ban on nudification applications, one of our key demands.…