OVER 100 ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE EU TO PROTECT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN AI REGULATION
A coalition of over 100 civil society organisations, including PICUM, has published a joint statement calling on EU institutions to protect fundamental rights by introducing key amendments to proposed EU legislation on artificial intelligence (AI).
In particular, the signatories call for meaningful transparency of AI systems, accountability for their deployment, justice and redress for people negatively impacted, and the prohibition of all AI systems that pose unacceptable risks to fundamental rights.
The proposed AI legislation recognises certain uses of AI in the context of migration as presenting a heightened risk for fundamental rights. Yet the proposed legislation would not be applicable to the EU’s own migration databases. Such databases are currently being connected, under 2019 regulations on “interoperability”, in ways that are intended to help border officials and police better identify and expel undocumented people. While it’s still unclear how these systems will work in practice, there are concerns they will lead to more discrimination of migrants and people perceived to be migrants. Learn more on our new landing page.
OVER 100 ORGANISATIONS CALL ON THE EU TO PROTECT FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN AI REGULATION
A coalition of over 100 civil society organisations, including PICUM, has published a joint statement calling on EU institutions to protect fundamental rights by introducing key amendments to proposed EU legislation on artificial intelligence (AI).
In particular, the signatories call for meaningful transparency of AI systems, accountability for their deployment, justice and redress for people negatively impacted, and the prohibition of all AI systems that pose unacceptable risks to fundamental rights.
The proposed AI legislation recognises certain uses of AI in the context of migration as presenting a heightened risk for fundamental rights. Yet the proposed legislation would not be applicable to the EU’s own migration databases. Such databases are currently being connected, under 2019 regulations on “interoperability”, in ways that are intended to help border officials and police better identify and expel undocumented people. While it’s still unclear how these systems will work in practice, there are concerns they will lead to more discrimination of migrants and people perceived to be migrants. Learn more on our new landing page.