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<\/picture><\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe European Parliament has approved the world’s first comprehensive framework for constraining the risks of artificial intelligence (AI).<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The sector has seen explosive growth – driving huge profits but also stoking fears about bias, privacy and even the future of humanity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The AI Act works by classifying products according to risk and adjusting scrutiny accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The law’s creators said it would make the tech more “human-centric.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “The AI act is not the end of the journey but the starting point for new governance built around technology,” MEP Dragos Tudorache added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It also places the EU at the forefront of global attempts to address the dangers associated with AI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n China already has introduced a patchwork of AI laws. In October 2023, US President Joe Biden announced an executive order requiring AI developers to share data with the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But the EU has now gone further.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “The adoption of the AI Act marks the beginning of a new AI era and its importance cannot be overstated,” said Enza Iannopollo, principal analyst at Forrester.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “The EU AI Act is the world’s first and only set of binding requirements to mitigate AI risks,” she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n She said it would make the EU the “de facto” global standard for trustworthy AI, leaving every other region, including the UK, to “play catch-up.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In November 2023, the UK hosted an AI safety summit but is not planning legislation along the lines of the AI Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The main idea of the law is to regulate AI based on its capacity to cause harm to society. The higher the risk, the stricter the rules.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n AI applications that pose a “clear risk to fundamental rights” will be banned, for example some of those that involve the processing of biometric data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n AI systems considered “high-risk”, such as those used in critical infrastructure, education, healthcare, law enforcement, border management or elections, will have to comply with strict requirements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Low-risk services, such as spam filters, will face the lightest regulation – the EU expects most services to fall into this category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Act also creates provisions to tackle risks posed by the systems underpinning generative AI tools and chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n These would require producers of some so-called general-purpose AI systems, that can be harnessed for a range of tasks, to be transparent about the material used to train their models and to comply with EU copyright law. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Turodache told reporters ahead of the vote that copyright provisions had been one of the “heaviest lobbied” parts of the bill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n OpenAI, Stability AI and graphics chip giant Nvidia are among a handful of AI firms facing lawsuits over their use of data to train generative models.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Some artists, writers and musicians have argued the process of “scraping” huge volumes of data, including potentially their own works, from virtually all corners of the internet violates copyright laws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Act still has to pass several more steps before it formally becomes law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Lawyer-linguists, whose job is to check and translate laws, will scour its text and the European Council – composed of representatives of EU member states – will also need to endorse it, though that is expected to be a formality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n In the meantime, businesses will be working out how to comply with the legislation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Kirsten Rulf – a former advisor to the German government, and now a partner at Boston Consulting Group – says more than 300 firms have been in touch with her company so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “They want to know how to scale the tech, and get value from AI,” she told the BBC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “Businesses need and want the legal certainty.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n EU agrees landmark deal on regulation of AI<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n What is AI and how does it work?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n US announces ‘strongest action yet’ on AI safety<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n Published at Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:59:32 +0000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MEPs approve world’s first comprehensive AI law Getty Images By Shiona McCallum, Liv McMahon & Tom Singleton Technology reporters The European Parliament has approved the world’s first comprehensive framework for constraining the risks of artificial intelligence (AI). 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