The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on 13 March 2024 on the proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act), aiming to establish a harmonized legal framework for the development, market placement, and use of AI systems in the EU. The resolution emphasizes the need to promote human-centric and trustworthy AI while ensuring high levels of protection for health, safety, and fundamental rights, including democracy, the rule of law, and environmental protection. It seeks to prevent fragmentation of the internal market by ensuring consistent and high-level protection across the Union, and to support innovation and the free movement of AI-based goods and services. The regulation aims to ensure that AI systems are developed and used in accordance with Union values, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to protect against harmful effects of AI systems. It also addresses the need for transparency, technical documentation, and record-keeping of AI systems, and establishes obligations for operators in the AI value chain. The regulation excludes certain AI systems, such as those used for military, defense, or national security purposes, and those specifically developed for scientific research and development. It also prohibits certain AI practices that could lead to discrimination, manipulation, or social control, including the use of AI for real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement purposes, except in narrowly defined situations where such use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest. The regulation also ensures that AI systems used for social scoring or biometric categorization do not lead to discriminatory outcomes. The resolution calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends, or intends to substantially amend its proposal, and instructs the President to forward the Parliament's position to the Council, the Commission, and the national parliaments.The European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on 13 March 2024 on the proposal for a regulation on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act), aiming to establish a harmonized legal framework for the development, market placement, and use of AI systems in the EU. The resolution emphasizes the need to promote human-centric and trustworthy AI while ensuring high levels of protection for health, safety, and fundamental rights, including democracy, the rule of law, and environmental protection. It seeks to prevent fragmentation of the internal market by ensuring consistent and high-level protection across the Union, and to support innovation and the free movement of AI-based goods and services. The regulation aims to ensure that AI systems are developed and used in accordance with Union values, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and to protect against harmful effects of AI systems. It also addresses the need for transparency, technical documentation, and record-keeping of AI systems, and establishes obligations for operators in the AI value chain. The regulation excludes certain AI systems, such as those used for military, defense, or national security purposes, and those specifically developed for scientific research and development. It also prohibits certain AI practices that could lead to discrimination, manipulation, or social control, including the use of AI for real-time remote biometric identification in publicly accessible spaces for law enforcement purposes, except in narrowly defined situations where such use is strictly necessary to achieve a substantial public interest. The regulation also ensures that AI systems used for social scoring or biometric categorization do not lead to discriminatory outcomes. The resolution calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends, or intends to substantially amend its proposal, and instructs the President to forward the Parliament's position to the Council, the Commission, and the national parliaments.