Automated decision-making by systems that use machine learning to dynamically improve performance are still seen as lacking the 'human perspective' and flexibility to adapt to the particular nuances of specific cases. But perhaps, as they lack the 'cunning' to hide their biases, automated systems actually make fairer decisions than do humans, when these decisions are based on data that have been properly curated.

How can machines make decisions? - English

Deepfakes (AI-manipulated media) are flooding the internet and altering reality. They influence the way certain events or statements are perceived and generate tensions by artificially creating misconceptions. Criminal offences have already been committed using this technique. Since the web operates worldwide, this creates challenges for local, national and supranational legal systems. Therefore, action is also required at the EU level.

Deepfakes - EN

There are many examples of AI being used in everyday life: Online shopping and advertising; Web search; Digital personal assistants; Machine translations; Smart homes, cities and infrastructure; Cars; Cybersecurity; Artificial intelligence against Covid-19; Fighting disinformation, etc. &nbsp;

In March Plenary session the Parliament approved the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and compliance with fundamental rights, while boosting innovation.

The regulation, agreed in negotiations with member states in December 2023, was endorsed by MEPs with 523 votes in favour, 46 against and 49 abstentions.

It aims to protect fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability from high-risk AI, while boosting innovation and establishing Europe as a leader in the field. The regulation establishes obligations for AI based on its potential risks and level of impact.

Robotics and artificial intelligence

The special committee AIDA on artificial intelligence will study the impact and challenges of rolling out AI, and propose a roadmap with objectives for the EU in the field of AI - and the steps that need to be taken to achieve them.

Its mandate is to analyse the future impact of artificial intelligence in the digital age on the EU economy, in particular on skills, employment, fintech, education, health, transport, tourism, agriculture, environment, defence, industry, energy and e-government.

The Constitutive meeting will take place on 23 September 2020.

AIDA - Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age

Press conference on the vote of the AIDA special committee report on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age

AIDA Special Committee - Hearing on AI and Bias

AIDA Special Committee - Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Decade

AIDA-TRAN Hearing on AI and Transport

AIDA committee - Public Hearing on AI and the Data Strategy - Exchange of views with the European Commission on the “EU digital strategy for the next decade” (digital Compass)

INGE, ITRE, IMCO, LIBE, AIDA Committees - Exchange of views with Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the EC in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age, and Commissioner for Competition

AIDA-ECON joint hearing on AI and Financial services

AIDA-AGRI Committee - Joint Public Hearing on ' AI, Agriculture and Food Security '

MEPs debate and vote on the final report by the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age. The text says the EU must set global AI standards and unlock its enormous potential to address challenges in the fields of health, the environment and climate change.

Artificial intelligence in a digital age: statement by Axel VOSS (EPP,DE), rapporteur), extracts from the debate and extracts from the vote

The draft report says that the public debate should shift towards a focus on the enormous potential of AI, which offers humankind the unique chance to improve almost every area of our lives. AI could help combat climate change, pandemics and global hunger, and enhance quality of life through personalised medicine. However, it also exposes some challenges for democracy that need to be adressed.

Final report on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age: statement by Dragoș TUDORACHE (Renew, RO), Chair of AIDA Committee

Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age, and Commissioner for Competition, participates in an exchange of views in the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE) in association with the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) and the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA). Opening statement by Margrethe VESTAGER and by Javier ZARZALEJOS (EPP, ES), INGE Vice-Chair.

Exchange of views with Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in INGE/ITRE/IMCO/LIBE/AIDA committees: opening statements

Members of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) and Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE) hold a hearing on the future of democracy in the digital age and on how to strike the right regulatory balances in our increasingly tech-driven societies. The two panels address the challenges the EU is facing in its current trajectory towards the 2030 Digital Decade, such as the impact of AI on democratic and electoral processes, as well as how AI is affecting the notions of active citizenship, political participation, and policy-making. Statement by Dragoş TUDORACHE (Renew, RO), AIDA Chair

The future of democracy in the digital age: statement by Dragoş TUDORACHE (Renew, RO), AIDA Chair

This infoclip illustrates examples of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday life: home assistants, connected home, e-commerce, social networks, predictive search on internet, navigation app., city bike rentals, video filters, image recognition system, augmented reality... (shootings took place in Strasbourg region - France, October 2020)

Infoclip: Artificial Intelligence in everyday life

The new Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) debate on the EU data strategy and Commission's white paper on AI with Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age, in the European Parliament in Brussels. They will also discuss initiatives taken within the OECD with Andrew W. Wyckoff – its Director for Science, Technology and Innovation.

Artificial Intelligence: extracts from the exchange of views with Thierry BRETON, European Commissioner for Internal and Market Margrethe VESTAGER, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Europe fit for the Digital Age

The Special Committees on Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (INGE), on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA), on Beating Cancer (BECA) as well as the Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) and the Committee of Inquiry on animal transport (ANIT) hold their constitutive meetings and elect their chairs and vice-chairs in the European Parliament in Brussels.

Constitutive meeting of 5 new Special Committees - Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA): illustrative shots and statement by Dragoş TUDORACHE (Renew, RO), elected Chair

Special committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age

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