EU regulations could have a huge impact on the global hardware and AI industries.
The European Union is considering stricter requirements for the development and use of AI to prevent possible risks from AI.
Reported by Reuters, The European Union is considering banning the use of facial recognition technology in public places for the next three to five years, thus giving the EU more time to study how to prevent the abuse of facial recognition technology. The European Commission proposed the plan in an 18-page white paper. Exceptions are R & D projects and security projects. The document recommends that obligations be imposed on both developers and users of artificial intelligence, and that EU countries appoint regulators to oversee the implementation of the new rules.
Also according to Fortune, the European Commission also stated in the document: “Such a ban would be a far-reaching measure that may hinder the development and popularization of this technology.” Therefore, it is best to focus on enforcement The relevant provisions of the existing EU data protection law.
This draft will be published in February, and the final version may change.
Compared with Europe, the US government’s attitude towards AI development is much milder. The U.S. government announced earlier this month regulatory guidelines on AI aimed at limiting excessive intervention by relevant agencies and urging Europe to avoid aggressive practices.
The EU draft has caused controversy in the industry.
Reuters reported that newly appointed Alphabet CEO Sandal Pichai expressed support for the ban on facial recognition. But at the same time, he also calls, a balanced way to regulate artificial intelligence, the European Union and the United States have started to develop their own regulatory rules “International coordination” of any final rule would be crucial, but he did not specify specific measures.
He said that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated, but rule makers should be careful. Reasonable regulation must take appropriate measures to balance potential hazards and social opportunities; and regulators should target different industries Establishing different rules, such as medical devices and self-driving cars, require different rules. His remarks show that Alphabet does not want the EU to crack down on AI.
Microsoft President Brad Smith has a different opinion on the ban on facial recognition. He does not agree with this one-size-fits-all approach, saying that the ban is to solve the problem with a meat knife instead of a scalpel. Facial recognition technology has in some casesThere are benefits, such as the use of NGOs to find missing children.
Smith believes that the reasonable way is to first identify the problem and then develop rules to ensure that the technology will not be used for large-scale monitoring. He also said: After all, there is only one way to make technology better, and that is to take advantage of it. “
EU regulations can have a huge impact on the global hardware and AI industries. The EU region is a large developed market. If relevant products cannot be sold in such markets, it will affect the willingness of enterprises to produce such products.