Overview

A European regulation for ethical and secure AI

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The AI Act – Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 – is the first global regulation on artificial intelligence and could become a global reference standard. The aim of this regulation is that of making the European Union a world leader in the adoption of anthropocentric and reliable artificial intelligence. To do this, legislation must be harmonized between Member States, establishing a uniform legal framework regarding the development, launching, commissioning, and use of artificial intelligence systems within the EU. All this, while ensuring high protection of health, safety and fundamental rights sanctioned in the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Artificial intelligence started being used in key sectors for the Italian economy, contributing to facing some of the most urgent challenges of our times. Given the ongoing revolution, the European legislator has adopted, as it has been common to all recently issued “technical” regulations, a risk-based approach: therefore, the higher the risk in the use of a certain AI system, the higher the responsibilities of those who develop, release, and use that specific system, up to setting a prohibition to use those applications and technologies whose risk is considered unacceptable. The risk classification system aims to balance technological innovation with people protection, ensuring a responsible use of artificial intelligence.

AI Act: risks and opportunities

AI Act: risks and opportunities

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