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EU's landmark new AI law bans social scoring, limits biometric identification
Ray Choi
March 16, 2024
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15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. [John 14:15-17, ESV]
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❌ EU's landmark new AI law bans social scoring, limits biometric identification
🧑⚕️ AI and robotic coaches for physical rehabilitation therapy
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The European Union has adopted landmark new regulation that aims to protect its citizens from high-risk AI.
The AI Act, approved by the EU today, aims to "protect fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability from high-risk AI, while boosting innovation and establishing Europe as a leader in the field," a press release said.
Applications which are banned by this new regulation include:
biometric categorisation systems based on sensitive characteristics and untargeted scraping of facial images from the internet or CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases
emotion recognition in the workplace and schools
social scoring
predictive policing" when based "solely on profiling a person or assessing their characteristics
AI that manipulates human behaviour or exploits people’s vulnerabilities
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This article discusses enabling AI and Robotic coaches for physical rehabilitation therapy involving iterative design and evaluation with therapists and post-stroke survivors.
AI and robotic coaches aim to enhance patient engagement in rehabilitation exercises through social interaction
The paper presents efforts to design how AI and robotic coaches interact with and guide patients' exercises effectively
Four therapists and five post-stroke survivors were involved in the design process
Both patients and therapists appreciated the potential benefits of AI and robotic coaches, including systematic management and improved self-efficacy and motivation
Practical concerns were identified, such as difficulty for those with cognitive impairment and system failures
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Listen or read the following transcript as Richard Coekin speaks on A Door of Opportunity from Luke 13.
The following unedited transcript is provided by Beluga AI.
AI News
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🎮️ A generalist AI agent for 3D virtual environments that follows natural-language instructions to carry out tasks (link)
AI Tools
😊 Crowdlens: Know when customers are talking about you through this AI-powered social listening tool (link)
📆 MEETZ: Fully personalized and automated AI scheduler to book meetings for you (link)
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