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The European Union is preparing for a future where AI
is everywhere. The ground-breaking Artificial Intelligence Act takes effect today and will be phased in over several years. Here’s the lowdown on three key laws designed to protect human rights.

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00:00Imagine you're at work. Cameras are everywhere, tracking your movements, your habits, even your facial expressions.
00:11The data feeds into an algorithm, giving your employer information about the way you think and feel.
00:18Experts say AI tools could develop the power to recognize and interpret our emotions.
00:24These tools would then have a deeply personal picture of us all.
00:29And that's why the European Union is stepping in.
00:32The Artificial Intelligence Act will ban tools that analyze emotions in workplaces or schools, but it won't stop there.
00:40Lawmakers are also worried governments will build vast profiles of citizens.
00:45This could allow authorities to use data as a weapon, for example, cutting off services to people who criticize them.
00:52The new laws are designed to prevent that.
00:55They'll also deal with so-called predictive policing.
00:58AI can help forecast criminal activity.
01:01Those forecasts might prevent crime, but activists say the algorithm will use historical criminal records,
01:08meaning it'll look for crime where police usually look for crime.
01:13That means it could reinforce racial and social bias.
01:17The new rules are supposed to limit predictive policing.
01:21They'll allow police to use AI in some situations, like searching for a missing person or stopping a terror attack.
01:29But even then, they'll have to follow strict guidelines.
01:33These laws take effect in six months, and EU states will have to be ready,
01:38because the intelligence may be artificial, but the threat is real.
01:43Michael Morelia, CGTN, London.

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