European Union (EU) institutions have agreed on a new law that will impose strict rules on various artificial intelligence technologies such as ChatGPT and Gemini.
The EU Council announced that an agreement was reached on the “Artificial Intelligence Law”, which was negotiated between member states and the European Parliament (EP) and will bring the first comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence in the world. Accordingly, artificial intelligence systems to be used in European countries will need to be safe and respect fundamental rights and Union values.
Artificial intelligence systems will be regulated with a “risk-based” approach according to the possibility of harming society. Stricter rules will be imposed on high-risk artificial intelligence systems. Clear criteria will be determined to distinguish artificial intelligence from simple software systems.
It will be ensured that artificial intelligence does not, in any case, affect the competence of member states in national security or any organization assigned to this field.
The artificial intelligence law will not only apply to systems used for military or defense purposes. AI systems that offer limited risk will clearly communicate that content was created by AI so users can make informed decisions. These systems will be subject to lightweight transparency obligations.
Various high-risk AI systems will be allowed. However, access of high-risk artificial intelligence systems to the EU market will be subject to a set of rules and obligations. The risk in some uses of artificial intelligence will be deemed unacceptable and these systems will be banned in the EU.
Cognitive behavioral manipulation, untargeted retrieval of facial images from the internet or closed camera system images, emotion recognition in the workplace and educational institutions, social scoring, biometric classification to extract sensitive data such as sexual orientation or religious beliefs will be prohibited.
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