Groundbreaking AI Legislation: EU Leads with New Risk-Based Framework

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The European Parliament’s AI Act

The EU approved the world’s first comprehensive laws to govern AI, assigning restrictions based on each AI’s perceived risk:

• “Low risk” AI like content recommendations are given the option to follow voluntary codes of conduct
• “Unacceptable risk” AI such as social scoring and predictive policing are banned outright

More impactful, companies must follow EU copyright laws when training models and disclose the data that was used.

The reception is mixed:

• Advocates support the cautious approach to the powerful technology
• Critics add this to the list of Europe’s innovation-stifling policies

The law may serve as an example, potentially motivating the codification of President Biden’s own AI Executive Order.

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