INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The European Parliament has adopted its common position on the AI Act, which enters final phase of EU legislative process.
The European Parliament adopted its position on the AI rulebook paving the way for the interinstitutional negotiations set to finalise the world’s first comprehensive law on Artificial Intelligence.
The MEPs introduced several other significant changes to the text, starting with the definition of AI aligned with the one of the OECD.
The list of prohibited practices was extended to subliminal techniques, biometric categorisation, predictive policing, internet-scrapped facial recognition databases, and emotion recognition software is forbidden in law enforcement, border management, workplace and education.
An extra layer was added for AI applications to fall in the high-risk category, whilst the list of high-risk areas and use cases were made more precise and extended in law enforcement and migration control areas. Recommender systems of prominent social media were added as high-risk.
The obligations of high-risk AI providers concerning risk management, data governance, and technical documentation were made more prescriptive. New requirements were introduced to conduct fundamental rights impact assessments and monitor environmental impact.
An AI Office was established to support coordination on cross-border cases, albeit the critical responsibility of settling intra-authorities disputes was left to the Commission. Tudorache’s view is to upgrade the AI Office into an all-compassing digital agency eventually.
The MEPs introduced several other significant changes to the text, starting with the definition of AI aligned with the one of the OECD.
The list of prohibited practices was extended to subliminal techniques, biometric categorisation, predictive policing, internet-scrapped facial recognition databases, and emotion recognition software is forbidden in law enforcement, border management, workplace and education.
An extra layer was added for AI applications to fall in the high-risk category, whilst the list of high-risk areas and use cases were made more precise and extended in law enforcement and migration control areas. Recommender systems of prominent social media were added as high-risk.
The obligations of high-risk AI providers concerning risk management, data governance, and technical documentation were made more prescriptive. New requirements were introduced to conduct fundamental rights impact assessments and monitor environmental impact.
An AI Office was established to support coordination on cross-border cases, albeit the critical responsibility of settling intra-authorities disputes was left to the Commission. Tudorache’s view is to upgrade the AI Office into an all-compassing digital agency eventually.
