Franziska Brantner helped negotiate the first law by a Western economic power on artificial intelligence. The regulations could come into effect in 2026.
The final draft of the law has recently been announced and there has been great criticism. For the first time, the EU is creating a European minimum standard for the rules for AI-based, automatic facial recognition. The law must balance a wide variety of interests, says the Green Party politician and former member of the European Parliament. It is never easy to bring very different interests into a good balance, she says.