- EU lawmakers held their first political debate on the AI Act on Wednesday (5 October) as the discussion moved to more sensitive topics like the highly debated issue of biometric recognition.
- Most of the political meeting in Strasbourg on Wednesday was dedicated to highly sensitive topics such as the scope of the AI regulation and the restraints to the use of biometric recognition, a much-debated technology that allows identifying a person by its face or other personal traits.
- This compromise falls somewhere in the middle between progressive MEPs asking for stricter fundamental rights safeguards – which are not necessarily covered by data adequacy decisions – and centre-right lawmakers favouring a broader exemption for third countries.
AI Act: EU Parliament’s discussions heat up over facial recognition, scope
