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As noted in an IAPP blog, On April 21, 2021, the European Commission unveiled its long-awaited proposal for a regulation laying down harmonized rules on artificial intelligence and amending certain union legislative acts. The proposal is the result of several years of preparatory work by the commission and its advisers, including the publication of a “White Paper on Artificial Intelligence.” The proposal is a key piece in the commission’s ambitious European Strategy for data.
The blog summaries the proposal and notes that “the regulation applies to (1) providers that place on the market or put into service AI systems, irrespective of whether those providers are established in the European Union or in a third country; (2) users of AI systems in the EU; and (3) providers and users of AI systems that are located in a third country where the output produced by the system is used in the EU.”
There are other good summaries of the proposal, including from law firms like Hogan Lovells, AI & Algorithms (Part 3): Why the EU’s AI regulation is a groundbreaking proposal; and Covington, European Commission Proposes New Artificial Intelligence Regulation.