BfDI welcomes the European AI regulation

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The European Parliament has adopted a regulation on harmonized rules for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EU. The Bundesbeauftragte fu00fcr den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI) welcomes the regulation as an addition to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The regulation includes requirements for high-risk AI systems, which are closely related to data protection. Unfortunately, some criticisms raised by the European Data Protection Committee (EDSA) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDSB) in 2021, such as the lack of a clear ban on biometric facial recognition in public spaces, have not been addressed.

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