The Artificial Intelligence Act a proposed law for EU countries. The National Strategy for AI aims at implementing the recommendations of Cédric Villani report on AI (March 28th 2018). It is composed of an ambitious national program dedicated to research, numerous policies dedicated to AI dissemination in the economy and the administration, and several initiatives to encourage trustworthy AI. The article on AI regulatory sandboxes has been “considerably shortened and simplified in order to provide more flexibility for the member states when establishing such sandboxes,” reads the introductory note to the compromise document obtained by EURACTIV. The text goes back to provisions previously proposed by the French to avoid putting too many constraints on national authorities by either removing or watering down their obligations, for instance, on the aspect of reporting or cooperation with other authorities.