Artificial Intelligence Act: Difference between revisions

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It establishes a common regulatory and [[legal framework]] for AI within the [[European Union]] (EU).<ref>{{cite web |title=Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence: Shaping Europe's digital future |url=https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/proposal-regulation-laying-down-harmonised-rules-artificial-intelligence |website=digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu |date=21 April 2021 |access-date=2023-01-09 |language=en |archive-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104120436/https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/proposal-regulation-laying-down-harmonised-rules-artificial-intelligence |url-status=live }}</ref> Proposed by the [[European Commission]] on 21 April 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |title=EUR-Lex – 52021PC0206 – EN – EUR-Lex |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52021PC0206 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823212239/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021PC0206 |archive-date=23 August 2021 |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=eur-lex.europa.eu}}</ref> it passed the [[European Parliament]] on 13 March 2024,<ref name="CNBC">{{cite web |title=World's first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |access-date=13 March 2024 |date=14 March 2024 |work=CNBC |archive-date=13 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313120308/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/european-lawmakers-endorse-worlds-first-major-act-to-regulate-ai.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and was unanimously approved by the [[Council of the European Union|EU Council]] on 21 May 2024.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Browne |first=Ryan |date=2024-05-21 |title=World's first major law for artificial intelligence gets final EU green light |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/21/worlds-first-major-law-for-artificial-intelligence-gets-final-eu-green-light.html |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521235907/https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/21/worlds-first-major-law-for-artificial-intelligence-gets-final-eu-green-light.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Act also creates a European Artificial Intelligence Board to promote national cooperation and ensure compliance with the regulation.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=MacCarthy|first1=Mark|last2=Propp |first2=Kenneth |date=2021-05-04 |title=Machines learn that Brussels writes the rules: The EU's new AI regulation |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/05/04/machines-learn-that-brussels-writes-the-rules-the-eus-new-ai-regulation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027115538/https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/05/04/machines-learn-that-brussels-writes-the-rules-the-eus-new-ai-regulation/ |archive-date=27 October 2022 |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}</ref> Like the EU's [[General Data Protection Regulation]], the Act can apply [[Extraterritoriality|extraterritorially]] to providers from outside the EU if they have users within the EU.<ref name=":4" />