2023-04-26 15:26:15
“The vote in the European Parliament on the Artificial Intelligence Law in May offers the European Union (EU) a significant opportunity to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in order to protect and promote human rights,” Amnesty said. International in an open letter to members of Parliament’s main committees.
“The AI Law offers the EU legislature an opportunity to put an end to the use of discriminatory AI systems that violate rights”, said Mher Hakobyan, Amnesty International Advocacy Adviser on Artificial Intelligence Regulation.
“The EU must ban the use of discriminatory AI systems that disproportionately affect members of marginalized communities such as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. These technologies profile individuals and communities under the guise of “predicting” crime, or “identifying” people who are supposed to pose a security risk, even leading to denial of asylum. The European Parliament must not miss this opportunity to ban the use of certain practices AI-based technologies and protect the rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers from the harmful aspects of these technologies.
“It should also be prohibited use of mass surveillance technologiessuch as live and retrospective remote biometric identification tools. The legislative proposal should also prohibit discriminatory social scoring systems that prevent certain people from accessing essential public and private services such as child support benefits and education.
“The AI Law should also address the development of European technologies that are exported to third countries. Firstly, the export of AI systems that are banned in Europe should not be allowed. Second, permitted high-risk technologies to be exported must meet the same regulatory requirements as high-risk technologies sold in the EU.
“In addition, they must be implemented forceful measures of accountability and transparency when public and private bodies use AI systems in the EU. These actors must disclose their use of high-risk AI systems and publish comprehensive assessments of their impact on human rights. This is important so that people harmed by AI systems can seek compensation. The AI Law should establish a mechanism for this purpose.”
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The European Commission proposed a law on the use of artificial intelligence on April 21, 2021. The Council of the EU, which represents the national governments of the Union, adopted its position in December 2022. The European Parliament intends to finalize their position in the spring of this year, after which the two institutions, together with the European Commission, will have to agree on a common text for the Regulation.
Our most recent open letter, written by our Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, urges Members of the European Parliament to ban the use of certain AI systems that are incompatible with the human rights of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. The letter was published on April 26, 2023.
Amnesty International, as part of a coalition of civil society organizations led by the European Digital Rights Network (EDRi), has been calling for an EU regulation on artificial intelligence that protects and promotes human rights.
On April 19, 2023, Amnesty International and its coalition partners released an open statement calling on the European Parliament, on the occasion of the upcoming vote, to protect human rights in the AI Law.
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