Europe's Artificial Intelligence Debate Heats Up

Each political group of the European Parliament has submitted several hundred amendments, bringing the total to several thousand. The deluge has come equally from the left and the right – and will now have to be reconciled in a summer of negotiations. One of the most controversial topics is on definitions. Left-of-center parliamentarians are pushing for a broad general definition of artificial intelligence (AI) rather than accepting a narrow list of AI techniques. Their goal is to make the regulation future-proof.