But Brussels often plays a trendsetting role with regulations that tend to become de facto global standards. The European Union isn’t a big player in cutting-edge AI development. Then they could decide whether their work has been copied and seek redress. That would let content creators know if their blog posts, digital books, scientific articles or pop songs have been used to train algorithms that power systems like ChatGPT. One key addition is a requirement to thoroughly document any copyright material used to teach AI systems how to generate text, images, video or music that resembles human work.

Negotiators later added provisions to cover general purpose AI like ChatGPT, subjecting them to some of the same requirements as high-risk systems. The original 108-page proposal barely mentioned chatbots, merely requiring them to be labeled so users know they’re interacting with a machine. The EU’s executive arm says most AI systems, such as video games or spam filters, fall into the low- or no-risk category. “We think that these technologies could be used instead of the good also for the bad, and we consider the risks to be too high.”ĪI systems used in high risk categories like employment and education, which would affect the course of a person’s life, face tough requirements such as being transparent with users and putting in place risk assessment and mitigation measures. The aim is “to avoid a controlled society based on AI,” Brando Benifei, the Italian lawmaker helping lead the European Parliament’s AI efforts, told reporters Wednesday. The technology scans passers-by and uses AI to match their faces to a database. They also approved a widened ban on remote facial recognition, save for a few law enforcement exceptions like preventing a specific terrorist threat. Lawmakers beefed up the proposal by voting to ban predictive policing tools, which crunch data to forecast where crimes will happen and who will commit them. AI that exploits vulnerable people including children or that uses subliminal manipulation that can result in harm, such as an interactive talking toy that encourages dangerous behavior, is also forbidden. That means some AI uses are an absolute no-no, such as “social scoring” systems that judge people based on their behavior.

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