AI Act: EU Parliament’s discussions heat up over facial recognition
EU lawmakers held their first political debate on the AI Act on 5 October as the discussion moved to more sensitive topics like the highly debated issue of biometric recognition.
As expected, the most passionate part of the debate was on biometric recognition systems. The article now forbids “placing or making available on the market, the putting into service or use of remote biometric identification systems that are or may be used in publicly or privately accessible spaces, both offline and online.”
Notably, the text removes the reference to real-time, extending the ban to ex-post identification, affecting some of the most controversial cases, such as face-scraping company Clearview AI. Another significant extension is to private spaces, clarifying that the ban also applies to the online sphere.
Source: AI Act: EU Parliament’s discussions heat up over facial recognition, scope – EURACTIV.com
