EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses

Adopted last year, the EU rules aim to avoid abuses of the nascent technology without hobbling innovation in Europe, which faces an uphill challenge as the United States and China charge ahead in the AI field. — AFP Relaxnews

Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Feb 4 what types of artificial intelligence tools are to be outlawed as too dangerous under the bloc's pioneering AI Act.

Provisions banning uses of the technology deemed to pose an unacceptable risk came into force this week, although the European Union's 27 states will have until August to designate a regulator to enforce them.