Say hello to GDPR for artificial intelligence on April 16, 2021, 8:11
Why it matters: In trying to find a balance between encouraging innovation in artificial intelligence and ensuring that companies don t abuse it for various purposes, the European Commission will soon propose a set of regulations that will no doubt raise tensions with the US at a time when the region lags behind the rest of the world in the AI race.
Last year, the European Commission revealed its plans for a generational project that s supposed to reduce the region s dependence on outside companies for digital products and services. Various proposals are still up for public debate, but most of them revolve around the creation of a new digital market policy that will have wide-ranging implications for tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and all the other companies that collect an enormous amount of data to feed it to AIs.
BBC News
By Jane Wakefield
image captionThe new rules distinguish between high and low risk AI systems
The use of facial recognition for surveillance, or algorithms that manipulate human behaviour, will be banned under proposed EU regulations on artificial intelligence.
The wide-ranging proposals, which were leaked ahead of their official publication, also promised tough new rules for what they deem high-risk AI.
That includes algorithms used by the police and in recruitment.
Experts said the rules were vague and contained loopholes.
The use of AI in the military is exempt, as are systems used by authorities in order to safeguard public security.