At the huge Hannover Messe trade fair over the weekend, attendees heard calls for a lightening of EU Act regulations for industrial AI. It’s one of the largest industrial trade fairs in the world, and little surprise that AI dominates this year at the Hannover Messe in Germany, with both Siemens’s CEO and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calling for a carve out for industrial AI when it comes to EU regulations. In a speech on Sunday at the Hannover Messe , Merz warned that if Europe is to boost productivity, industrial AI will need more regulatory freedom than, for example,…