European ParliamentThe Bill was passed today with an overwhelming majority of 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions.Artificial Intelligence Act”, it is reported that this bill will be “milestone-making”.
The European Parliament said the bill aims to protect fundamental rights, environmental sustainability and other aspects from the impact of "high-risk artificial intelligence" while promoting innovation to make Europe "a leader in this field."
According to reports from Jiemian News and BBC, the bill will ban some AI applications that "threaten civil rights".These include biometric classification systems based on sensitive traits, as well as the random scraping of facial images from the internet or CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases. In addition, AI that manipulates human behavior or exploits human weaknesses will also be banned.
The bill would classify products based on risk and adjust reviews accordingly, with the main idea being to regulate AI based on its ability to cause harm to society:The higher the risk, the stricter the rules.
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AI applications that "pose a clear risk to fundamental rights" will be banned, such as some applications involving biometric data processing.
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Considered as "High risk” AI systems, such as those used in critical infrastructure, education, healthcare, law enforcement, border management, etc.Strict requirements must be followed.
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Spam filters, etc.Low-risk services will face the “most relaxed”Regulation(The EU expects most services to fall into this category).
The Act also sets out a series of provisions to support generative AI Toolsand chatbots (such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT): requiring producers of “so-called general artificial intelligence systems” toBe transparent about the materials used to train the model, and comply with EU Copyright Law.