MEPs approve world's first comprehensive AI law - BBC News

The EU's AI Act seeks to counter the risks associated with the rapidly growing AI sector.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Shiona McCallum, Liv McMahon & Tom SingletonTechnology reportersThe European Parliament has approved the world's first comprehensive framework for constraining the risks of artificial intelligence (AI).

The sector has seen explosive growth - driving huge profits but also stoking fears about bias, privacy and even the future of humanity.

The AI Act works by classifying products according to risk and adjusting scrutiny accordingly.

The law's creators said it would make the tech more "human-centric."

"The AI act is not the end of the journey but the starting point for new governance built around technology," MEP Dragos Tudorache added.

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