EU lawmakers set to settle on OECD definition for Artificial Intelligence – EURACTIV.com

The European Parliament agreed to close a critical contentious point of the AI Act by adopting the definition used by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Most other definitions have also been agreed upon, with new measures like a right to explanation also on the table of EU lawmakers. Last Friday (3 March), representatives of the European Parliament's political groups working on the AI Act reached a political agreement on one of the most politically sensitive parts of the file, the very definition of Artificial Intelligence, according to two European Parliament officials. The AI Act is a flagship legislative proposal to regulate this emerging technology based on its capacity to cause harm. What is defined as Artificial Intelligence will be highly consequential as it will also define the scope of the EU's AI rulebook.