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European Parliament lawmakers are due to vote on a proposal related to artificial intelligence (AI) – including controversial amendments on facial recognition – as it heads toward passage.
Although the EU's plans date back to 2021, the draft rules took on greater urgency when ChatGPT exploded onto the scene last year, showing off AI's development and possible risks.
Once adopted by the EU parliament, officials say negotiations for a final law with the bloc's 27 member states will begin almost immediately, starting later Wednesday.
The race is on to strike an agreement on final legislation by the end of the year.
Even if that ambitious target is achieved, the law would not come into force until 2026 at the earliest, forcing the EU to push for a voluntary interim pact with tech companies.
Lawmakers have hailed the draft law as "historic" and pushed back against critics who say the EU's plans could harm rather than encourage innovation.
"Is this the right time for Europe to regulate AI? My answer is resolutely yes – it is the right time because of the profound impact AI has," Dragos Tudorache, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), said during Tuesday's parliamentary debate in Strasbourg.
"What we can do here is to create trust, legal certainty, to enable AI to develop in a positive manner," said Margrethe Vestager, European Commission vice president.
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