European Union lawmakers are set to give final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law.

European Union lawmakers are set to give final approval to the 27-nation bloc’s artificial intelligence law Wednesday, putting the world-leading rules on track to take effect later this year.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament are poised to vote in favor of the Artificial Intelligence Act five years after they were first proposed. The AI Act is expected to act as a global signpost for other governments grappling with how to regulate the fast-developing technology.

“The AI Act has nudged the future of AI in a human-centric direction, in a direction where humans are in control of the technology and where it — the technology — helps us leverage new discoveries, economic growth, societal progress and unlock human potential,” said Dragos Tudorache, a Romanian lawmaker who was a co-leader of the Parliament negotiations on the draft law.

Big tech companies generally have supported the need to regulate AI while lobbying to ensure any rules work in their favor. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman caused a minor stir last year when he suggested the ChatGPT maker could pull out of Europe if it can’t comply with the AI Act — before backtracking to say there were no plans to leave.

    • @muntedcrocodile
      6•8 months ago

      Huh seems fine to me. Was worried they where gonna require licencing with burocracy and hurdles etc etc

      • @dezmdMEnglish
        -2•8 months ago

        Dont worry, they will.

        This is quite obviously about power. Control of capital by entrenched power brokers through copyright under the guise of protecting the children. It’s never really about protecting people.

        Even GDPR was a set of reduced half measures on privacy protection. Website buttons snd check boxes that default give away your data is not privacy protection, it’s state endorsed bureacratized privacy invasion.