Lawmakers in the European Union have agreed to make revisions to the proposed artificial intelligence guidelines that forbid the use of the technology for biometric monitoring and require generative AI systems like ChatGPT to reveal information created by AI.

The EU Commission's proposed major legislative revisions to safeguard citizens from the risks of technology may cause a rift with EU nations that oppose a complete ban on AI usage in biometric monitoring.

Top AI researchers and business executives, including Tesla's Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman, have raised concerns about the possible threats posed to society as a result of the rapid adoption of Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT and other bots.

Lawmakers in the European Union want, among other things, companies working on "high-risk applications" to do fundamental rights impact assessments and review environmental impacts, as well as for companies utilizing generative tools to disclose any copyrighted material used to train their systems.

Systems like ChatGPT would need to identify AI-generated content, aid distinguish between deep-fake and real photos, and provide safeguards against illicit content.

Microsoft and IBM applauded the most recent action taken by EU parliamentarians but anticipated that the proposed legislation would still need to be improved.

Before the proposed guidelines become law, the legislators must now negotiate specifics with EU nations.

The high-risk category in the proposed EU law now includes AI systems employed by social media platforms with more than 45 million users as well as technologies that might be used to influence voters and the results of elections.

Twitter and Meta will be included in that category.

As the EU tries to catch up to AI leaders the US and China, the Commission unveiled the draft regulations two years ago with the goal of defining a global standard for a technology important to practically every industry and business.