The EU is committed to making Europe a world-leader in AI and
has stated that in order to achieve this, a clear and predictable
legal framework is required to ensure consumer protection and legal
certainty.
While data protection and privacy have been the focus of EU
regulators in recent years, artificial intelligence is a more
recent area of focus for the EU legislative agenda in the
technology space. While the GDPR, being technology-neutral in its
application, will apply to artificial intelligence
("AI") applications, products and
services, there are currently no specific EU laws to regulate
AI.
There were a number of EU publications on the regulation of AI
in 2020, arising from the European Commission's (the
"Commission") intention to accelerate
digital development in the EU through its adoption of a
pan-European Digital Strategy. In February 2020, the Commission
published a report on the safety and liability implications of AI
(the "Report") and a white
