As artificial intelligence has started to penetrate every part of society, from shopping suggestions and voice assistants to decisions around hiring, insurance and law enforcement, the EU wants to ensure technology deployed in Europe is transparent, has human oversight and meets its high standards for user privacy. — AFP Relaxnews
The European Union is poised to ban artificial intelligence systems used for mass surveillance or for ranking social behaviour, while companies developing AI could face fines as high as 4% of global revenue if they fail to comply with new rules governing the software applications.
The rules are part of legislation set to be proposed by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive body, according to a draft of the proposal obtained by Bloomberg. The details could change before the commission unveils the measure, which is expected to be as soon as next week.
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