EU Draft Legislation Prohibits AI for Mass Biometric Surveillance and Predictive Policing

The EU has approved a new draft of the AI Act that would ban dangerous AI use cases, including mass facial recognition and predictive policing. The act also requires the creation of a public database of high-risk AI systems that EU citizens can access to learn when and how they are affected by this technology. Campaigners have called this draft overwhelmingly good news, and it would affect countries worldwide since tech companies often comply with EU-specific regulation on a global scale. The AI Act is subject to change and still needs to go through trilogues and be approved before spring 2024.