Artificial intelligence: filling the gaps

Stronger legislation than the European Commission envisages is needed to regulate AI and protect workers. Artificial intelligence (AI) is of strategic importance for the European Union: the European Commission frequently affirms that'artificial intelligence with a purpose can make Europe a world leader'. Recently, the commissioner for the digital age, Margrethe Vestager, again insisted on AI's'huge potential' but admitted there was'a certain reluctance', a hesitation on the part of the public: 'Can we trust the authorities that put it in place?' One had to be able to trust in technology, she said, 'because this is the only way to open markets for AI to be used'. Trust is indeed central to the acceptance of AI by European citizens.