Sept 24 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms ( META ) will not

immediately join the European Union's AI Pact, a company

spokesperson said on Tuesday.

The pact is a temporary measure before the bloc's AI Act

comes into full effect.

EU lawmakers in May agreed to the act, the first-of-a-kind

rules governing the development and deployment of artificial

intelligence.

The AI Act entails that companies will be obliged to provide

detailed summaries of the data used to train their artificial

intelligence models.

Last month, the European Commission said the majority of

rules of the act will start applying on Aug. 2, 2026.

Until the law kicks in, companies are encouraged to sign up

to a voluntary AI Pact to implement key obligations of the

rules.

"We welcome harmonised EU rules and are focusing on our

compliance work under the AI Act at this time," the Meta

spokesperson said, adding that the Facebook parent could join

the AI Pact at a later stage.

The AI Act is the fifth pillar of EU legislation and would

work in conjunction with the Digital Markets Act, Digital

Services Act, Data Governance Act, and Data Act.