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[00:00.18] European nations reached an agreement on rules for artificial intelligence (AI) last week.

[00:08.67] Some experts say the regulations will affect people around the world.

[00:14.51] Here are some of the details of the agreement reported by the Associated Press:

[00:20.90] The AI Act aims to regulate or establish guidelines for AI technology that has the potential to cause problems if misused.

[00:32.85] AI systems that recommend online material, or those that check email messages, would be less regulated.

[00:42.67] But technology that concerns healthcare or medical decisions would have higher requirements.

[00:50.91] Some AI systems will be banned except in some cases.

[00:57.03] They include systems that scan people’s faces in public and systems that make predictions about future behavior such as whether a person will commit a crime.

[01:10.04] The new AI Act will not take effect until two years after a vote from European lawmakers.

[01:19.35] The vote is planned for the first part of next year. The soonest it would be in place is sometime early in 2026.

[01:28.91] Some experts say the guidelines could become a global standard.

[01:33.16] That has happened before.

[01:35.29] One recent European decision caused U.S. company Apple to stop using its lightning data cable in favor of a more widely used cable.

[01:47.79] Experts say Europe’s rules might be used as a blueprint in other parts of the world.

[01:55.75] Anu Bradford is a professor at Columbia University in New York City.

[02:02.39] She called Europe’s act “comprehensive” and “a game-changer.” Bradford noted the European rules will “show the world AI can be governed.”

[02:14.61] Rights groups complained that Europe’s decision to not completely ban the use of facial recognition “is a missed opportunity.”

[02:26.30] Amnesty International noted that Europe did not ban exports of AI technology that covers social scoring.

[02:35.88] Social scoring systems permit governments to record how well citizens follow rules.

[02:43.58] In the United States, President Joe Biden signed an executive order in October on AI.

[02:51.81] Biden required AI technology companies to share test results and other information with the government.

[03:00.05] Government organizations will create requirements for AI tools that must be followed before systems are released for public use.

[03:13.06] China released rules for AI tools that create material such as photos, text and videos.

[03:21.03] The rules are only short-term guidelines.

[03:24.75] President Xi Jinping also called for an open and fair environment for AI development around the world.

[03:35.37] The rise of ChatGPT, an AI tool based in the U.S., is one of the reasons for Europe’s new set of rules.

[03:48.67] Europe’s rules include guidelines for chatbots and other AI systems that can do jobs such as writing, creating video and writing computer code.

[03:57.44] Systems must clearly show where the material that went into training the bots came from.

[04:05.14] They also must show how much energy was used to train the systems, or models.

[04:12.31] They should be open about how they control the data that comes from their tool’s users.

[04:18.16] And they need to observe the EU’s copyright property protection laws.

[04:25.61] High technology systems or risky uses of AI are required to follow stricter rules.

[04:34.64] Those include systems that create basic pieces of information, such as computer code, that others will then use to create other AI systems.