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EU’s AI Act self-employment provisions raise social media scope-creep questions

By Luca Bertuzzi ( November 5, 2024, 10:46 GMT | Comment) -- When the AI Act was negotiated, an amendment to cover large digital platforms’ recommender systems as a risky application was rejected. However, recommender systems could now re-enter the regulation’s scope via a backdoor due to the vague provisions on access to self-employment, which casts doubts over whether user-generated content platforms like social media are in scope.When the AI Act was negotiated in the European Parliament, Green lawmakers proposed to cover recommender systems of very large online platforms, as defined under the Digital Services Act, as high-risk AI systems....

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