EC to make it easier to sue firms over AI robots
A MOTORIST miraculously walked away unscathed ■
after the car he was driving smashed into a parked vehicle and overturned before landing on its roof.
Video footage of the incident in Newtownforbes, Co Longford, yesterday morning shows a dark-coloured saloon collide with another car at speed, causing it to turn over and flip over.
The incident unfolded just after 10am and yards ■
from a pedestrian crossing and a busy newsagents. Emergency services rushed to the scene as traffic at both entrances to the village was held up for some time.
Luckily, the driver of the vehicle was uninjured. A ■
Garda spokesman said: “A single-vehicle collision occurred when the car overturned on the road, and struck a parked vehicle. Investigations are ongoing.”
THE European Commission on yesterday proposed rules making it easier for individuals and companies to sue makers of drones, robots and other products equipped with artificial intelligence software for compensation for harm caused by them.
The AI Liability Directive aims to address the increasing use of AI-enabled products and services and the patchwork of national rules across the 27-country European Union.
Victims
Under the draft rules, victims can seek compensation for harm to their life, property, health and privacy due to the fault or omission of a provider, developer or user of AI technology, or for discrimination in a recruitment process using AI.
“We want the same level of protection for victims of damage caused by AI as for victims of old technologies,” Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders told a news conference.
The rules lighten the burden of proof on victims with a “presumption of causality”.
This means victims only need to show that a manufacturer or user’s failure to comply with certain requirements caused the harm.