Europe lays out plan for risk-based AI rules to boost trust and uptake
European Union lawmakers have presented their risk-based proposal for regulating high risk applications of artificial intelligence within the bloc’s single market.
The plan includes prohibitions on a small number of use-cases that are considered too dangerous to people’s safety or EU citizens’ fundamental rights, such as a China-style social credit scoring system or AI-enabled behavior manipulation techniques that can cause physical or psychological harm. There are also restrictions on law enforcement’s use of biometric surveillance in public places but with very wide-ranging exemptions.
Most uses of AI won’t face any regulation (let alone a ban) under the proposal. But a subset of so-called “high risk” uses will be subject to specific regulatory requirements, both ex ante (before) and ex post (after) launching into the market.
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Health leaders have welcomed the opinion adopted by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) regarding the adequate protection of personal data in the UK.
The EDPB has published its opinion on the European Commission’s draft adequacy decisions for the UK, recognising the adequacy of data protection standards in the UK.
The EDPB’s adequacy decision will need to be approved by EU member states through the European Council before it can be formally adopted, however.
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Access Now 21 April 2021 | 9:26 am
Access Now has been advocating for a
human rights-based regulation to ensure that both the private and public sector respect and promote human rights in the context of artificial intelligence, including
a call for red lines for applications of AI that are incompatible with fundamental rights. Unfortunately, the new proposal falls short of meeting the minimum requirements needed to safeguard human rights in the EU.
“In her presentation of the AI Regulation, Executive Vice President Vestager said that ‘we want AI to be a force for progress’ in the EU. Introducing a provision for prohibitions on certain uses is a first step towards that. Unfortunately, those prohibitions are too limited, and this legal framework