The use of artificial intelligence in the EU is regulated by the AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive AI law. Find out how it protects you.
- The European Union has passed the groundbreaking AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive set of regulations for Artificial Intelligence.
- The law bans certain “unacceptable” uses of AI (like social scoring) and imposes strict transparency rules on high-risk systems.
- It sets a global benchmark that will force US tech giants to change how they develop and deploy AI.
After years of debate, the EU has cemented its role as the world’s tech regulator. The AI Act creates a risk-based framework: the higher the risk an AI system poses to society, the stricter the rules. It outright bans AI used for manipulative social scoring, as seen in China.
For companies like OpenAI and Google, this means they will have to be much more transparent about what data their models are trained on and how they work. This law is a landmark moment, establishing that AI, like any powerful technology, needs guardrails.
Source: European Parliament News – “EU AI Act: first regulation on artificial intelligence” Published: March 13, 2024
