The co-legislators of the European Union (EU), the Council and the European Parliament reached this Friday evening, after several hours of negotiations, a provisional agreement on the world’s first rules for artificial intelligence (AI), it was announced.
The information was provided by the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU which, in a publication on the social network “, published a regulation that “aims to ensure that AI systems implemented and used in the EU are safe and respect human rights. fundamentals and European values. “.
The European Commission, which proposed this regulation, also welcomed this provisional “green light” for “EU becomes the first continent to define clear rules for the use of AI.”
Meanwhile, and still in a “historic moment for digital Europe.”
Since June, co-legislators (Member States and the European Parliament) have been negotiating the first community rules so that technologies that develop and use artificial intelligence are safe and respect fundamental rights.
This week, negotiations escalated into trialogues that lasted more than 30 hours in Brussels.
In 2021, the European Commission presented this proposal to safeguard EU fundamental rights and values and the security of users, forcing systems considered high risk to meet mandatory requirements related to their reliability.
This will, therefore, be the first regulation aimed at AI, although the creators and those responsible for the development of this technology are already subject to European legislation on fundamental rights, consumer protection and safety standards.
Additional requirements are expected to be introduced to address risks, such as the existence of human supervision or the obligation to provide clear information about the capabilities and limitations of artificial intelligence.
AI has been increasingly used in areas such as entertainment (personalization of content), online commerce (prediction of consumer tastes), household appliances (smart programming) and electronic equipment (using virtual assistants such as Siri or Alexa , among others).
The European Commission has tried to strengthen cooperation between Member States on AI, but there is still no common legal framework, so the goal is to move from a voluntary approach to the regulatory sphere.
Source: TSF
