The proposals could place a temporary ban on all facial recognition in public, create a single market for data throughout the entire EU, and ask for almost $22 billion to invest in A.I.
or its application in sectors like health care, policing, and transport since she took office in December.
European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on Artificial Intelligence at the European Commission headquarters at the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Feb. 19, 2020. European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager addresses a press conference on Artificial Intelligence at the European Commission headquarters at the Berlaymont building in Brussels, Feb. 19, 2020.Some tech executives, like Pichai, have expressed cautious support of the plans.
"There is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated," Pichai said in a speech in Brussels last month. But he urged"a proportionate approach, balancing potential harms with social opportunities." Vestager said in a press briefing ahead of the announcement, that the commission’s plan"will produce and deploy much more artificial intelligence" in Europe, but create an AI environment that looks different from that in the U.S. and China.
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