As the EU is at the final stage of negotiations on the AI Act, civil society is concerned about a major loophole to the high-risk classification process of the legislation that Big Tech and other industry players have lobbied to introduce. More than 115 CSOs urged MEPs to stand against the tech and industry lobby and reverse these changes to restore the Commission’s original language in Article 6 of the AI Act. The changes in the AI Act would allow developers of AI systems to decide for themselves if they believe their system is ‘high-risk’. Letting companies decide the risk classification of their AI systems undermines the human rights protection afforded by the legislation – companies have profit incentives to understate the risks their system poses. Read more here.
Source: EDRi