EU to ban AI for mass surveillance or for ranking social behaviour
 

Thanks to Brexit, UK can still do it

The European Union is poised to ban governments and companies from using ban AI for mass surveillance or for ranking social behaviour.

Companies developing such AI could face fines as high as four percent of global revenue if they fail to comply with new rules governing the software applications.

The rules are part of legislation set to be proposed by the European Commission, the bloc's executive body. The details could change before the commission unveils the measure, which is expected to be as soon as next week.

The EU proposal will prevent the use of AI systems used to manipulate human behaviour, exploit information about individuals or groups of individuals, used to carry out social scoring or for indiscriminate surveillance would all be banned in the EU.

Remote biometric identification systems used in public places, like facial recognition, would need special authorisation from authorities.

AI applications considered to be 'high-risk' would have to undergo inspections before deployment to ensure systems are trained on unbiased data sets, in a traceable way and with human oversight.

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