ICT&health February 11, 2025
On February 2, 2025, the first part of the EU AI Act regulation regarding the use of unacceptable artificial intelligence practices went into effect. The European Commission has published draft guidelines on interpreting Article 5, which describes the prohibited AI applications. Many of them concern healthcare-related use cases.
What do the EU AI Act guidelines say about AI in healthcare?
“Commission Guidelines on Prohibited Artificial Intelligence Practices established by Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act)” provides an overview of practices classified as unacceptable under Article 5 of the EU AI Act. A 140-page document delivers examples of AI forbidden in the European Union, such as social scoring systems, facial recognition systems for public surveillance (with some exceptions), or applications that could...