First-ever rules for safe Artificial Intelligence

On June 14^th, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the artificial intelligence act (“AIA”) ahead of talks with EU member states on the final shape of the law. The rules would ensure that artificial intelligence (“AI”) developed and used in Europe is fully in line with EU rights and values including human oversight, safety, privacy, transparency, non-discrimination and social and environmental wellbeing.

Parliament also wants to establish a technology-neutral, uniform definition for AI that could be applied to future AI systems. The AI Act sets different rules for different AI risks levels.

What is AI?

It is first of all necessary to point out that artificial intelligence system means software that is developed with one or more identified techniques and approaches that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, generate outputs such as content, predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing the environments they interact with.

AI is a fast evolving family of technologies that can bring a wide array of economic and societal benefits across the entire spectrum of industries and social activities. By improving prediction, optimising operations and resource allocation, and personalising service delivery, the use of artificial intelligence can support socially and environmentally beneficial outcomes and ...