MEPs approve draft tougher AI rules

2023-05-11 10:43:00

The European Union’s long-awaited artificial intelligence (AI) legislation is set to be the first in the world to govern this technology. New rules on the use of facial recognition, biometric surveillance and many other AI applications are planned. After two years of negotiations, the project should now move to the next stage of the legislative process and be finalized by the European Commission and the various Member States.

On Thursday, May 11, a committee vote took place on the draft AI legislation. Result ? MPs gave the green light to ban the use of facial recognition in public spaces and the use of predictive policing tools. The elected officials also approved the idea of ​​imposing new transparency measures on generative AI applications. The ChatGPT conversational agent developed by the American company OpenAI, for example, is concerned.

Draft legislation to be voted on in June in the European Parliament

The draft AI legislation will be put to a plenary vote in the European Parliament in June 2023, before final terms are agreed, in negotiations involving representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the Union European Union and the European Commission.

«This is a delicate deal. But it is a package that I think brings something to everyone who has been involved in these negotiations»declared Dragos Tudorache, co-rapporteur of the text, before the vote of the two parliamentary committees.

«We managed to find a compromise that regulates AI in a proportionate way, protects civil rights and stimulates innovation and the economy»German MEP Svenja Hahn told Archyde.com.

With Archyde.com (Foo Yun Chee, Martin Coulter, Supantha Mukherjee and Bart Meijer; French version Gaëlle Sheehan, editing by Blandine Hénault)

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