EU AI Act

The European Union aims to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) as part of its digital strategy to foster the technology's development and application in a safe and ethical manner. Proposed in April 2021, the EU AI Act classifies AI systems based on the risk they pose, with varying levels of regulation. The Parliament's priorities include ensuring AI systems are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory, and environmentally friendly. The Act outlines different rules for AI systems based on their risk levels:

1. Unacceptable Risk: Systems that pose threats to people, such as manipulative voice-activated toys or social scoring, will be banned.
2. High Risk: Systems affecting safety or fundamental rights will be assessed before market entry and throughout their lifecycle. These include AI in products like toys, cars, and medical devices, as well as specific areas like biometric identification and law enforcement.
3. Generative AI: Systems like ChatGPT must comply with transparency requirements, including disclosing AI-generated content and avoiding illegal content generation.
4. Limited Risk: These systems must meet minimal transparency requirements to inform users that they are interacting with AI, such as deepfake technologies.

AI Act Progress

The European Parliament's Internal Market Committee and the Civil Liberties Committee have adopted a draft negotiating mandate for the first-ever rules on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The mandate received 84 votes in favor, 7 against, and 12 abstentions. The proposed amendments aim to ensure that AI systems are human-centric, safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory, and environmentally friendly.

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https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/society/20230601STO93804/eu-ai-act-first-regulation-on-artificial-intelligence

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