Comment by Council of the European Union

AI systems that pose a threat to people’s safety, rights or livelihoods are banned from use in the EU. The use of real-time remote biometric identification systems such as facial recognition by law enforcement authorities in public spaces is also pro...

The new law adds a new provision in the AI act, prohibiting AI practices regarding the generation of non-consensual sexual and intimate content or child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (the ‘Convention’) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.