The European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor have released a joint opinion on the European Commission's proposed artificial intelligence regulation. Notably, the opinion proposed a ban on AI-powered biometric recognition technologies and potentially discriminatory AI systems in public spaces. In a joint statement, EDPB Chair Andrea Jelinek and EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski said the ban is a "necessary starting point" for a "human-centric legal framework for AI," also noting the biometric deployments in combination with AI "means the end of anonymity in those places." Last week the ICO raised concerns over live facial recognition.
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