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# EU Parliament passes AI Act in world’s first attempt at regulating the technology
- URL: https://werd.io/eu-parliament-passes-ai-act-in-worlds-first-attempt-at/
- Published: 2024-03-13T15:29:05.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-13T15:29:05.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: NotableLinks, #Import 2025-06-13 09:20

Europe once again leads the way by passing meaningful AI regulation. Banned unacceptable-risk uses of AI include facial recognition, social scoring, and emotion recognition at schools and workplaces.

"The use of real-time facial recognition systems by law enforcement is permitted “in exhaustively listed and narrowly defined situations,” when the geographic area and the length of deployment are constrained."

I'm all in favor of these changes, but it's a little bit sad that this sort of regulation is always left up to the EU. American regulators appear to be sleeping. [#AI](https://werd.io/tag/AI)

\[[Link](https://therecord.media/eu-parliament-passes-ai-act-regulation)\]