Unannounced AI regulatory law takes effect in EU

“The AI ​​Law comes into force today,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on the social network X.

The heads of the EU’s 27-member executive added that it was a “groundbreaking framework for innovation and safe AI in Europe”.

Von der Leyen assured that the new regulations “will promote the development of artificial intelligence that Europeans can trust.”

Today, the Artificial Intelligence Law came into effect.

A pioneering European framework for innovative and safe AI.

It will advance the development of artificial intelligence that Europeans can trust.

And provide support to European SMEs and start-ups to bring cutting-edge AI solutions to market. pic.twitter.com/cRoVoRtEy0

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) August 1, 2024

“It will support European SMEs and start-ups in bringing cutting-edge AI solutions to the market,” he continued.

Most of the legislation will be implemented from 2026, but some provisions will come into effect next year.

This standard adopts a method ““target=”_blank”>Risk-based” and impose restrictions on various AI systems that are proportional to the dangers they pose to society.

Systems that present only limited risk will be subject to very light transparency obligations, while high-risk systems such as those used for critical infrastructure, education, human resources or law enforcement will be subject to enhanced requirements before authorization.

These requirements would include, for example, human controls, the establishment of technical documentation or the implementation of a risk management system.

Bans would be rare and would affect apps that are at odds with European values, such as citizen rating systems used in China or mass surveillance.

The new legislation was adopted by the 27 EU member states on May 21 after being approved by a majority vote of the European Parliament.

EU lawmakers agreed on the text in December after difficult negotiations, in which some countries, such as France, worried that excessive regulation would threaten the industry’s growth.