AI Act: leading MEPs seek first compromise on administrative procedures, standards
The European Parliament’s co-rapporteurs circulated the first batch of compromise amendments for the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.
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Can European Regulators Stop Clearview AI?
The company’s methods declared illegal in multiple jurisdictions-most recently in the UK. But do European regulators actually have any power to stop it?
AI regulation filled with thousands of amendments in the European Parliament
Each political group of the European Parliament submitted a few hundred amendments to the upcoming AI Act, setting the tone for future discussions.
MEPs conclude visit to U.S., discuss data protection
A delegation of seven MEPs visited Washington, D.C. from 23 to 26 May to discuss the state of play on major Civil Liberties Committee topics with U.S. authorities and stakeholders.
Clearview AI Is Bringing Facial Recognition to Schools
The company revealed it’s working with a U.S. company selling visitor management systems to schools within hours of a horrific school shooting.
7 Revealing Ways AIs Fail
Neural networks can be disastrously brittle, forgetful, and surprisingly bad at math.
UK watchdog fines facial recognition firm £7.5m over image collection
Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database.
Privacy advocates urge EU to prohibit ‘biometric mass surveillance’ with AI Act
EDRi and 52 other organizations have written to Members of European Parliament (MEPs) to call for the ban of remote biometric identification in public spaces.
Artificial intelligence: MEPs want the EU to be a global standard-setter
European Parliament adopted the final recommendations of its Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA).
Tempers flare over emotion-sensing AI
The technology’s already being put to use, but critics say it’s inaccurate and dangerous.
Face scanner Clearview AI aims to branch out beyond police
Company is looking to launch a new business venture to compete with the likes of Amazon and Microsoft in verifying people’s identity using facial recognition.
Technology used in the justice system is outpacing scrutiny and regulation
The report acknowledges the potential of these technologies but warns against the pace of their deployment and the absence of appropriate safeguards.