EU nears ban on predictive policing and facial recognition after AI Act vote

The EU is edging closer to a landmark ban on predictive policing and facial recognition. At a crunch vote today on the bloc’s flagship AI Act, two committees of MEPs overwhelmingly endorsed sweeping new rules on artificial intelligence. The text now moves to a vote by the entire European Parliament in June. Once approved, the regulation will become the world’s first comprehensive AI law. At Thursday’s vote, MEPs approved a strengthened version of the rulebook. The Act now proh