Social media firms face €35m fines over AI nudifier tools
1d 5h ago by feddit.org/u/Vittelius in fuck_ai from www.rte.ie
MEPs have voted in favour of the new rules at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, as part of the wider Digital/AI omnibus bill by a significant 423 to 57 majority, with 174 abstentions.
The new rules will now be formally approved by the European Council on 29 June.
That bill specifically prohibits social media firms from making available to customers systems which are used to create non-consensual intimate images of men, women and children.
The extension to some "small mid-cap enterprises" of existing small to medium business exemptions which allow them to continue to use AI tools if they are proven to be necessary in supporting the firm's development
Trying to imagine what kind of business would need nudifyers for its development... I'm sure Musk's lawyers will come up with 'good enough' reasons.