The measure passed in Parliament during a June 14 vote that saw majority support for the act in the form of 499 votes for, 28 against and 93 abstaining. The next step before the bill becomes law will involve individual negotiations with members of the European Parliament to smooth out the details. Initially proposed by the European Commission on April 21, the EU AI Act is a comprehensive set of rules for AI development in the EU.
Once implemented, the act would prohibit certain types of artificial intelligence services and products while limiting or placing restrictions on others. Among the technologies outright banned are biometric surveillance, social scoring systems, predictive policing, so-called “emotion recognition” and untargeted facial recognition systems.