07/10/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) expressed concern, on Thursday 7 October, about “the lack of consumer protection” in the proposed regulation on artificial intelligence (AI) (see EUROPE 12703/3). Thus, according to the BEUC, which also stresses the importance of this technology for society, the scope of the regulation should be broadened to “cover more types of AI” and certain practices should be prohibited. The BEUC cites the examples of ‘social scoring’ and biometric surveillance in public places by commercial entities. Finally, the BEUC insists on the need to grant rights to consumers in order to avoid situations where they would be “harmed” by an AI system. See the BEUC’s position: https://bit.ly/3BnwP0b (TM)