The European Commission today presented its Legislation on Artificial Intelligence. It is the first legal framework on this technology, which also comes accompanied by other regulations on machinery and robots. A new regulation on AI that wants to “guarantee security” and “strengthen investment in AI in the European Union”, creating various levels of risk and prohibiting facial recognition in certain situations.
Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, explains that this new legislation on AI will act “when fundamental rights are at stake”, pointing out that certain uses of AI are regulated but promising to leave room for innovation.
Here we explain what is the approach of the new framework on Artificial Intelligence, what is established for the use of technologies such as facial recognition and what questions are raised about this new regulation.