“Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a means, not an end. It has been around for decades but has reached new capacities fueled by computing power. This offers immense potential in areas as diverse as health, transport, energy, agriculture, tourism or cyber security. It also presents a number of risks,” said Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, during the release of a new set of AI regulatory proposals for the union. “Today’s proposals aim to strengthen Europe’s position as a global hub of excellence in AI from the lab to the market, ensure that AI in Europe respects our values and rules, and harness the potential of AI for industrial use.” The new EU proposals focus on the growing field of computer vision, defined as the ability of machines to recognize and process images and videos, much like the human brain but many orders of magnitude faster. While the human brain is still far superior in […]