Except that they're not throwing cold water on opensource models. So, maybe that helps them in the long run.

Also, I'm not sure how much the EU is really going to matter for the future of AI.

You don't really need to conform to their regressive tendencies if you don't want to do business with the EU. Or you could dumb your stuff down for them if it ever comes down to it.

Generally, it just wouldn't be worth it to care too much about what the EU thinks.