EU Regulators Propose AI Guardrails

Like many new technologies, AI is moving faster than regulators, but the Europeans are trying to get there - introducing legislation that will classify AI systems across four levels of risk.

LONDON (AP) — Authorities around the world are racing to draw up rules for artificial intelligence, including in the European Union, where draft legislation faced a pivotal moment on Thursday.

A European Parliament committee voted to strengthen the flagship legislative proposal as it heads toward passage, part of a yearslong effort by Brussels to draw up guardrails for artificial intelligence. Those efforts have taken on more urgency as the rapid advances of chatbots like ChatGPT highlight benefits the emerging technology can bring — and the new perils it poses.

Thanks to Marcelo De Santis for sharing originally; full story via AP.