:strip_icc()/i.s3.glbimg.com/v1/AUTH_e536e40f1baf4c1a8bf1ed12d20577fd/internal_photos/bs/2023/S/z/KcWHRpQTajQpArVEEkzg/cded1510-e022-11ed-a98d-c97c7a23fa41.jpg "The European Union expects an agreement this year on the law on artificial intelligence | Technology")
The European Union is likely to reach a deal this year that will pave the way for the world’s first major artificial intelligence (AI) law, the bloc’s head of technology regulator Margrethe Vestager said on Sunday.
This follows a preliminary agreement last Thursday between members of the European Parliament to put the EU’s artificial intelligence bill to a vote by a committee of lawmakers on May 11.
Parliament will then discuss the final details of the bill with EU member states and the European Commission before it becomes law.
At a press conference after the Group of Seven (G7) ministers’ meeting in Takasaki, Japan, Vestager said the European Union’s AI law is “pro-innovation” because it seeks to mitigate the risks of social harm caused by emerging technologies. .
Regulators around the world have been trying to strike a balance in which governments can embed “safeguards” into emerging artificial intelligence technology without it stifling innovation.
“The reason we have these safeguards for high-risk use cases is that ‘cleaning up’ after AI misuse would be far more expensive and harmful than using AI itself,” Vestager said.
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