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The European Parliament on Wednesday opposed real-time biometric surveillance and introduced conditions for new systems such as ChatGPTby approving a law on artificial intelligence, which is being discussed
The European Parliament on Wednesday opposed real-time biometric surveillance and introduced conditions for new systems such as ChatGPTby approving a law on artificial intelligence, which is being discussed in Brussels, to promote its development, while limiting possible risks.
WITH 499 votes in favor, 28 against, 93 abstentions.The European Parliament has thus determined its position in relation to the negotiations that will start today with the European Commission and the Council of the EU to agree on the final text of the law and that will continue under the rotating presidency that Spain will take over on July 1.
Among the requirements of the European Parliament is the requirement disable real-time biometric surveillance in public places, contrary to what has been defended by the Community Executive and the EU countries, which undertake to allow it, if authorized by a judge, in very specific cases.
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In the course of in-depth discussions about the need to regulate systems capable of create text and audiovisual materialsParliament wants its developers to demonstrate that they have reduced the risks technology can pose to health, fundamental rights and the democratic system.
MEPs also want users using this technology to generate fake images (“deep fakes”) indicate that the content has been altered artificial intelligence.
In addition, they require the developers of these systems to explain in “quite detailed” what copyrighted data they used to train artificial intelligence.
BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION
The European Parliament opposed the use of real-time biometric identification systems in public places. However, MEPs have opened up the possibility of using them a posteriori, always with judicial authorization, for prosecution. “serious crimes”.
Thus, the European Parliament rejected the amendment of the European People’s Party, which is softer in relation to the protection of fundamental rights.
PPE spoke in favor of the possibility of using these systems with the permission of the judge for search for the missing (including minors), to prevent a terrorist attack and locate the persons who committed a crime for which imprisonment for a term of at least three years is provided.
“If there is a terrorist attack on the street now, or if the police received a report about the missing child, they can already get images from surveillance camerasin accordance with applicable law and with the permission of the court, biometric identification can be used,” recalled one of the speakers of the law, Liberal MEP Dragos Tudorache.
HIGH RISK
The regulation classifies as high risk a whole series of artificial intelligence systems with very specific purposes, which can only be placed on the market if they respect the fundamental rights and values of the EU.
For example, those that can be used to influence the outcome of an electionthose used by financial institutions to assess solvency and establish a person’s credit rating, or those used by the border police to control, monitor or process data to predict migratory movements.
After the vote, which Margrethe Vestager, Vice President of the European Commission for the Digital Age, called “historic” because it is a pioneering standard in the world, negotiations will begin between the three European institutions to agree on the final text of the document. law.
If negotiations are concluded this year, the rule will not apply until 2026, although the intention is to be able to shorten the timeframe, which is why Brussels proposed an agreement between big technology companies to allow all fake AI-generated content.
Ursula Pahl, CEO of the European Consumers Association (BEUC), assured that “bans on face recognition in public places or social categorization by companies proposed today by the European Parliament are necessary to protect fundamental rights.”
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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