Officials want to rein in applications such as live facial scanning, but pledge to promote AI with ‘sandboxes’ that allow companies to have early discussions with regulators on acceptable uses. https://sciencebusiness.net/technology-strategy-board/news/eu-seeks-ban-unacceptable-uses-artificial-intelligence

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