European Union this Tuesday the law was finally approved artificial intelligencewhich will now be applied gradually until 2026, when it will come into full force.

“Historical moment“said the Secretary of State for Affairs Digitalization of Belgium, Mathieu Michelwhose country holds the presidency of the European Union this semester.

In November there will be prohibited artificial intelligence systems for biometric categorization because of political, religious, philosophical beliefs or because of their race and sexual orientation.

You also cannot use systems that evaluate people based on their behavior or personal characteristics nor artificial intelligence capable of manipulating human behavior.

Also prohibited will be, among other things, systems for expand or create databases of persons captured indiscriminately through the Internet or audiovisual recordings.

However, the rules allow exceptions, so security forces Yes, they will be able to use biometric identification cameras.always with the permission of the court to prevent a potential terrorist threat.

This was one of the the most controversial moments during negotiations between the European Parliament and member states, which argued for the need to allow certain uses to ensure national security. Thus, these systems can also be used to identify perpetrators of crimes of terrorism, human trafficking, sexual exploitation, as well as to find victims.

Transparency criteria will come into force within a year which generative AI systems must comply with is another major point of debate in the midst of the rise of programs like ChatGPT.

These models they’ll have to clear this up If the text, song or photo were created using artificial intelligence and ensure that data used to train systems is copyright compliant.

In general terms regulation allows or prohibits the use of artificial intelligence depending on the risk it poses to people and identifies high-risk systems that can only be used if they can be proven to comply with requirements Basic rights.