Vestager promises Europe will go its own way on artificial intelligence rules

Margrethe Vestager, the EU's new souped-up digital and big tech regulator, has promised ethical and human-centred rules on artificial intelligence (AI) in the first 100 days of her mandate. The EU can't be a leader in AI "without ethical guidelines," she told MEPs in her confirmation hearing this week. "The artificial intelligence you want must serve humans. That's a different kind of artificial intelligence" from that seen in the US and China, she said. The new rules will build on the EU's reputation as the world's foremost technology watchdog and regulator of online privacy.