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The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring safe and ethical use of AI technologies. It categorizes AI systems based on risk levels, with strict rules for high-risk systems and a ban on unacceptable risk systems such as social scoring and real-time biometric identification. The Act is set to be formally adopted following a provisional agreement reached on December 9, 2023.

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The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring safe and ethical use of AI technologies. It categorizes AI systems based on risk levels, with strict rules for high-risk systems and a ban on unacceptable risk systems such as social scoring and real-time biometric identification. The Act is set to be formally adopted following a provisional agreement reached on December 9, 2023.

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EU AI Act: first regulation on artificial intelligence


The use of artificial intelligence in the EU will be regulated by the AI Act, the world’s first
comprehensive AI law. Find out how it will protect you.

This illustration of artificial intelligence has in fact been generated by AI

As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure better
conditions for the development and use of this innovative technology. AI can create many
benefits, such as better healthcare; safer and cleaner transport; more efficient manufacturing;
and cheaper and more sustainable energy.

In April 2021, the European Commission proposed the first EU regulatory framework for AI. It
says that AI systems that can be used in different applications are analysed and classified
according to the risk they pose to users. The different risk levels will mean more or less
regulation. Once approved, these will be the world’s first rules on AI.

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European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot
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Learn more about what artificial intelligence is and how it is used

What Parliament wants in AI legislation


Parliament’s priority is to make sure that AI systems used in the EU are safe, transparent,
traceable, non-discriminatory and environmentally friendly. AI systems should be overseen by
people, rather than by automation, to prevent harmful outcomes.

Parliament also wants to establish a technology-neutral, uniform definition for AI that could be
applied to future AI systems.

Learn more about Parliament’s work on AIand its vision for AI’s future

AI Act: different rules for different risk levels


The new rules establish obligations for providers and users depending on the level of risk from
artificial intelligence. While many AI systems pose minimal risk, they need to be assessed.

Unacceptable risk
Unacceptable risk AI systems are systems considered a threat to people and will be banned.
They include:

• Cognitive behavioural manipulation of people or specific vulnerable groups: for


example voice-activated toys that encourage dangerous behaviour in children
• Social scoring: classifying people based on behaviour, socio-economic status or
personal characteristics
• Biometric identification and categorisation of people
• Real-time and remote biometric identification systems, such as facial recognition

Some exceptions may be allowed for law enforcement purposes. “Real-time” remote biometric
identification systems will be allowed in a limited number of serious cases, while “post” remote
biometric identification systems, where identification occurs after a significant delay, will be
allowed to prosecute serious crimes and only after court approval.

High risk
AI systems that negatively affect safety or fundamental rights will be considered high risk and
will be divided into two categories:

1) AI systems that are used in products falling under the EU’s product safety legislation. This
includes toys, aviation, cars, medical devices and lifts.

2) AI systems falling into specific areas that will have to be registered in an EU database:

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• Management and operation of critical infrastructure


• Education and vocational training
• Employment, worker management and access to self-employment
• Access to and enjoyment of essential private services and public services and
benefits
• Law enforcement
• Migration, asylum and border control management
• Assistance in legal interpretation and application of the law.

All high-risk AI systems will be assessed before being put on the market and also throughout
their lifecycle.

General purpose and generative AI

Generative AI, like ChatGPT, would have to comply with transparency requirements:

• Disclosing that the content was generated by AI


• Designing the model to prevent it from generating illegal content
• Publishing summaries of copyrighted data used for training

High-impact general-purpose AI models that might pose systemic risk, such as the more
advanced AI model GPT-4, would have to undergo thorough evaluations and any serious
incidents would have to be reported to the European Commission.

Limited risk
Limited risk AI systems should comply with minimal transparency requirements that would allow
users to make informed decisions. After interacting with the applications, the user can then
decide whether they want to continue using it. Users should be made aware when they are
interacting with AI. This includes AI systems that generate or manipulate image, audio or video
content, for example deepfakes.

Next steps
On December 9 2023, Parliament reached a provisional agreement with the Council on the AI
act. The agreed text will now have to be formally adopted by both Parliament and Council to
become EU law.

Before all MEPs have their say on the agreement, Parliament’s internal market and civil liberties

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committees will vote on it.

More on the EU’s digital measures


• Cryptocurrency dangers and the benefits of EU legislation
• Fighting cybercrime: new EU cybersecurity laws explained
• Boosting data sharing in the EU: what are the benefits?
• EU Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act
• Five ways the European Parliament wants to protect online gamers

Briefing
Artificial Intelligence Act
Q&A: artificial intelligence

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European Parliament - Spokesperson: Jaume Duch Guillot
Contact: [email protected]
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