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The EU's proposed AI laws would regulate robot surgeons but not the military

While US lawmakers muddle through yet another congressional hearing on the  dangers posed by algorithmic bias  in social media, the European Commission (basically the executive branch of the EU) has unveiled a sweeping regulatory framework that, if adopted, could have global implications for the future of AI development. This isn’t the Commission’s first attempt at guiding the growth and evolution of this emerging technology. After extensive meetings with advocate groups and other stakeholders, the EC released both the first  European Strategy on AI  and  Coordinated Plan on AI  in 2018. Those were followed in 2019 by the  Guidelines for Trustworthy AI , then again in 2020 by the Commission’s  White Paper on AI  and  Report on the safety and liability implications of Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics . Just as with its ambitious General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) plan in 2018, the Commission is seeking to establish a basic level of public trust in th