Challenges of the Knowledge Society (Jun 2023)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EUROPEAN LAW
Abstract
The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a topic still fresh and new to law scholars. The aim of the Regulation regarding artificial intelligence is to present a unified and harmonised core legislation, from which the EU Commission and member states to tackle the growing aspects concerning this new sector of economic market, social and administration. As it will be seen in the present article, the EU legislator is still fixed on the existing AI, known to us until now, governing strict rules as response to some countries in Asia having made use of facial, biometric and location recognition AI to control their people and also to award behavioural points and keep score of the „perfect citizen”. The draft Regulation is followed by an EU Commissions Directive regarding the liability of all aspects regarding AI development, usage and participants. But the core principles, neccesary for such a new matter are laid down in the present Regulation. The document is divided into chapters, addressing mainly the definitions of the main notions used, including one for artificial intelligence system, the types of AI that are considered inacceptable and major-risk in respect to fundamental rights and values of the EU, special regulations regarding transparency, registration of AI systems and the necessity to have a special European authority, baked by national authorities, in charge of validating the usage of AI systems.