AI Act: EU Parliament’s discussions heat up over facial recognition, scope

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.

Biometric recognition systems and the scope of the AI Act were at the centre of a political meeting in the European Parliament on Wednesday (5 October). [Alzay/Shutterstock]

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