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The EU officially passes the "AI Act," the world's first legislation on artificial intelligence.

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The EU officially passes the "AI Act," the world

The European Union officially passed the Artificial Intelligence Regulation Act, AI Act, on December 14, 2023. This act will be the world's first legislation on AI, aimed at ensuring the safety, fairness, and reliability of artificial intelligence systems, and preventing their use for discrimination, abuse, or other inappropriate behaviors.

AI Act: Artificial Intelligence Legislation

According to the announcement from the European Parliament, the AI Act plans to classify AI systems and propose different levels of regulatory requirements based on their risk levels, aiming to ensure that human rights, democracy, rule of law, and environmental sustainability are protected from the impact of high-risk AI.

Legislators have unanimously agreed to prohibit the use of AI for the following purposes:

  • Emotion recognition in workplaces and educational institutions.

  • Creating a social scoring system based on social behavior and personal characteristics.

  • Manipulating human behavior and violating free will with AI systems.

  • Indiscriminate collection of facial images from webcams and surveillance cameras to build identification databases.

  • Using biometric classification systems with sensitive features such as political, religious, philosophical beliefs, race, and sexual orientation.

Fines to be Based on Company Size

If found in violation of the above regulations, penalties could range from €35 million (approximately $37.66 million) or 7% of global turnover to €7.5 million or 1.5% of turnover, depending on the severity of the violation and the size of the company.

First Global AI Regulatory Framework

Dragos Tudorache, a Romanian official and Member of the European Parliament, stated:

The EU is the first in the world to establish strict regulatory standards for AI, guiding AI towards a "human-centric" development and evolution. The "AI Act" will set rules for large AI models to ensure that AI does not bring systemic risks to the EU.