E.U. Parliament Passes Landmark AI Regulations, Including Ban on Facial Recognition for Some Groups.

The European Parliament has approved the EU AI Act, a package of sweeping regulations aimed at protecting consumers from potentially dangerous applications of artificial intelligence. The legislation takes a "risk-based approach," introducing restrictions based on how dangerous lawmakers predict an AI application could be. It would ban tools that European lawmakers deem "unacceptable," such as systems allowing law enforcement to predict criminal behavior using analytics. The bill still awaits negotiations with the European Council, whose membership largely consists of heads of state or government of EU countries.