“Today is a historic day.” This Tuesday, the Internal Market and Civil Liberties committees of the European Parliament, Approved with 71 votes in favor and only 8 against The agreement reached on December 9 will shape Turkey first law about artificial intelligence (AI) of the world.
“The European Union will serve to protect its citizens from the uses of artificial intelligence and humanist vision The rapporteur of the text, Italian MP Brando Benifei, said the following before proceeding to the vote.
Known as the Artificial Intelligence Act, the law classifies AI uses according to their risks, bans those that could lead to manipulation by Europeans, and makes corrections more or less strict rules for other situations.
two debates
Two of the issues that have caused the most tension between EU countries have been the regulation of productive systems such as ChatGPT or Gemini (Google) and biometric surveillance. In the first case they will have to comply transparency criteria To prevent possible copyright infringement.
The second is more difficult because the law opens the door. limited use of facial recognition systems A situation that worries non-governmental organizations by the police and the army.
It was a ‘yes’ procedure that is accepted in committees today, but it was a very important procedure. Again, That’s not for sure. The legislative process will culminate in a final vote by the European Parliament at the plenary session to be held on 10 or 11 April. The formal adoption of this pioneering law will result in all 27 Member States ratifying and adapting the law.