The EU just released guidance on banned AI practices under the new #AIAct. From social scoring to manipulative tech, certain AI uses are now off-limits.

What do you think about these restrictions? Is this a major step towards ethical AI?

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EU puts out guidance on uses of AI that are banned under its AI Act | TechCrunch

The first compliance deadline kicked in a couple of days ago for the European Union's AI Act, a risk-based framework for regulating uses of artificial

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The EU's #AIAct experts consultation on the definition of an AI system and on prohibited AI practices closed on Dec 11. But loopholes still threaten #FundamentalRights.

The #AIActCivilSociety and the #ProtectNotSurveil coalitions demand guidelines that ban #SocialScoring, #BiometricSurveillance, and other harmful practices. We call on the AI Office to ensure the upcoming guidelines will provide a fundamental rights-based enforcement of the AI Act.

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