EU AI Act: The wording of the act is finalised | Computer Weekly
Summary
The European Parliament and Council negotiators announced they have reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act. Thanks to the European Parliament’s resilience, the world’s first horizontal legislation on artificial intelligence will keep the European promise – ensuring that rights and freedoms are at the centre of the development of this ground-breaking technology.” Among the significant areas covered by the EU Act are so-called high-risk systems that can have a negative impact on EU citizens. Along with these guardrails, the EU AI Act has attempted to limit the use of biometric identification systems by law enforcement. Biometric categorisation systems that use sensitive characteristics (e.g. political, religious, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, race) are prohibited. Co-rapporteur Dragos Tudorache (Renew, Romania) said: “The EU is the first in the world to set in place robust regulation on AI, guiding its development and evolution in a human-centric direction.