Understanding-the-Legal-Framework-for-AI-in-Europe (1)“Navigating the Legal Framework for AI in Europe: Key Regulations and Compliance in 2024”

The AI ​​Act is the first-ever regulatory framework on AI, addressing AI risks and positioning in Europe. Global AI Act aims to provide developers and employers with a set of requirements and responsibilities that have been clear about the specific use of AI.

The AI ​​Act aims to provide AI developers and employers with clear requirements and obligations related to specific uses of AI. At the same time, the law seeks to reduce the administrative and financial burden on businesses, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The AI ​​Act is part of a broader policy to support the achievement of reliable AI, which also includes the AI ​​Innovation Framework and the Integrated Policy on AI. These combined policies will provide special protections and opportunities for people and businesses in AI, AI adoption, investment, and innovation will be strengthened across the EU.

The AI ​​Act is the comprehensive regulatory framework for AI in the world. The new regulation aims to ensure credible AI in Europe and beyond, by ensuring that AI programs respect fundamental rights, safety, and ethical principles as well as the risks of powerful and influential AI paradigms.

Why do we need rules on AI?

The AI ​​Act ensures that Europeans can rely on what AI has to offer. While most AI systems pose no risk and can help solve many societal challenges, a few AI systems can pose risks that we need to manage to avoid unwanted consequences.

A risk-based approach

The Regulatory Framework defines 4 levels of risk for AI systems:

  • Unacceptable risk
  • High risk
  • Limited risk
  • Minimal or no risk

High Risk:

All remote biometric identification systems are considered high-risk and have strict requirements. Law enforcement is prohibited in principle from using remote biometric identification in areas accessible to the public.

Minor exceptions are strictly defined and regulated, such as when it is necessary to locate a lost child, prevent a specific imminent terrorist threat, or locate, discover, identify, or prosecute a perpetrator or what he is presumed guilty of the grave offense.

Such use is subject to judicial or other independent institutional authorization and is reasonably limited in terms of time, geographic, and database searches.

Limited risk

Limited risk refers to risks associated with unused AI insights. The AI ​​Act introduces specific transparency obligations to ensure people have access to information when needed, to build trust.

Published AI-generated articles aimed at informing the public on issues of public interest should be labeled as artificial. This also applies to heavily spoofed audio and video content.

Minimal or no risk

The AI ​​Act allows free use of harmless AI. This includes applications such as video games with AI or spam filters. Most AI ​​systems currently in use in the EU fall into this category.

Conclusion

Understanding the regulatory framework for AI in Europe is essential to navigate the complexity of AI development and implementation the complex framework that strikes a balance between innovation and the protection of individual rights and ethical standards.