The Council of the European Union adopted, on Friday 18 November, its position (‘general approach’) for future interinstitutional negotiations with the European Parliament on legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) (see EUROPE B13055A2).
Concretely, the EU Council’s approach, in terms of the scope, confirms the will of a number of Member States and thus includes exemptions for the marketing and use of AI systems for the military, the defence sector or national security.
The issue...