Today, the EU countries have approved a political agreement on the law on the regulation of artificial intelligence, which were reached in December.
According to this Law, high -risk artificial intelligence systems must comply with stringent transparency requirements, while requirements for artificial intelligence will be softened.
The document limits the use of biometric surveillance by governments in real -time public places in order to prevent various crimes, terrorist attacks and find suspects in serious crimes.
Lawyers point out that this new law will have an impact outside the EU.
"This law will have global importance. Companies outside the EU, which use customer data in their artificial intelligence systems, must also comply with its requirements. Other countries and regions are likely to use this law as an example, just as they did with GDPR," Patrick Van EE ECE said.
Although the new law will come into force in 2026, the prohibition on the use of artificial intelligence in social scoring, preventive police and non -targeted removal of images of persons from the Internet or records from CCTV cameras will come six months after the new law came into force.
General artificial intelligence requirements will be applied in 12 months, and rules for artificial intelligence systems built into regulated products - after 36 months.
The penalties for violation of the law will be from 7.5 million euros or 1.5% of the turnover to € 35 million or 7% of the world turnover depending on the severity of violations.
By adopting this Law, the European Union has set a potential global standard for the restrictions for technologies used in all areas of life and business. The EU law on artificial intelligence is more comprehensive than the United States approach based on voluntary compliance with the rules. For its part, the approach of China is aimed at maintaining social stability and state control.
