The German government did not immediately comment.

The European Union in December reached a provisional deal for artificial intelligence rules aimed at establishing guardrails for the rapid development of AI and setting a global standard in technology regulation.

However, all EU legislation needs to be ratified by a committee where each country has a representative.

The FDP, junior partners in Social Democrat Olaf Scholz's awkward three-way coalition with the Greens, had now given up its objections, four sources familiar with the decision told Reuters.

The party is a strong advocate of protecting civil liberties.

(Reporting by Hakan Ersen and Andreas Rinke; Writing by Madeline Chambers; Editing by Kirsti Knolle and Matthias Williams)