EU ban on AI with "unacceptable risk" comes into force

Yesterday, on Sunday February 2 the first compliance deadline of the EU AI Act came into force. Applications deemed to pose “unacceptable risk” or harm are now banned in the European Union.

According to the EU AI Act the following applications of AI are now prohibited:

  • Cognitive behavioural manipulation of people or specific vulnerable groups: for example voice-activated toys that encourage dangerous behaviour in children

  • Real-time and remote biometric identification systems, such as facial recognition

  • Biometric identification and categorisation of people

  • Social scoring: classifying people based on behaviour, socio-economic status or personal characteristics

More: https://misaligned.xyz/eu-draws-a-red-line-for-ai-with-unacceptable-risk-32be5a398815