European Parliament

The European Parliament today passed the Artificial Intelligence Bill by an overwhelming majority of 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions, and it is said that the bill will be "a landmark". The European Parliament said the bill aims to protect fundamental rights, environmental sustainability and other aspects from "high-risk artificial intelligence," while promoting innovation to make Europe "a leader in this field. The bill would ban some AI applications that "threaten the rights of citizens," including biometric classification systems based on sensitive traits, as well as applications from the Internet...