EA - EU AI Act passed vote in Plenary meeting by Ariel G.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: EU AI Act passed vote in Plenary meeting, published by Ariel G. on June 16, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.Mainly discussed in the linked article - keeping the post brief.The newest EU AI Act parliament version passed an important vote, despite recent political uncertainty.I found it fascinating to watch the the Plenary session (from June 13th, the vote was on the 14th), where the Act was discussed by various EU parties. A few things that stood out to me:I was surprised that many EU country representatives mentioned the Open Letters and Existential Risk as a real concern, even though the EU AI Act was not originally intended to address it (though, it now has GPAI/foundation model bits added). Transparency and Fairness took a back seat, to some extent.Real-time Biometric monitoring was a big debate topic - whether to giving an exemption for law enforcement or not, for national security. Currently it looks like it will not be allowed, other than post-incident with special approval. This may be a useful lever to keep in mind for policy workOthers that watched the stream, feel free to mention insights in the comments.Linked here (relevant timestamp 12:39 - 14:33)Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org