The European Union has published the full and final text about it EU AI Act in it Official Journalas reported TechCrunch. Since the new law will take effect 20 days after its publication, it will take effect on August 1.
In six months, the bloc will begin enforcing bans on banned AI applications. social credit rating systemscollecting and compiling facial recognition data for databases, and using real-time emotion recognition systems in schools and workplaces.
In nine months, the EU will begin implementing codes of practice on AI developers. The EU’s artificial intelligence office, created by the European Commission, will work with consulting firms to develop those codes. It also plans to work with companies that provide general-purpose models that are thought to carry systemic risks. As TechCrunch points out, this raises concerns that the industry’s biggest players could shape the rules that are supposed to keep them in check.
In a year, manufacturers of general-purpose AI models like ChatGPT will have to comply with new transparency requirements and demonstrate that their systems are secure and easily explainable to users. In addition to all this, the EU AI Act contains rules that apply to generative artificial intelligence and manipulated media, such as deepfakes and other AI-generated images, videos and audio must be clearly labelled.
Companies that train AI models will also have to respect copyright laws, unless their model is created purely for research and development. “Rightholders may reserve rights over works or other subject matter to prevent access to text and data unless it is done for scientific research purposes,” the text of the AI Act reads. “Where appropriate opt-out rights are expressly reserved, providers of general-purpose AI models must seek permission from rights holders if they wish to access text and data on such works.”
