Warning over ‘blind adoption’ of AI and rights impact

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People need stronger protection from the effects of artificial intelligence, the EU’s rights agency argued in a report Monday, as one expert warned against the “blind adoption” of such technology.

Much of the attention on developments in AI “focuses on its potential to support economic growth,” as per the report by the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). But it added, “How different technologies can affect fundamental rights has received less attention.”

There is a risk “people are blindly adopting new technologies without assessing their impact before actually using them,” David Reichel, one of the experts who worked on the report, told AFP.

“There are many people who think th…

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