Richard Romanus, who built his character acting career with a tough guy persona in film and television, has died at 80 at a hospital in Volos, Greece. No cause was given by his son, Robert.
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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent European Union officials have reached a provisional deal on a legal framework for the development and use of artificial intelligence within Europe, calling for greater transparency as well as setting parameters for high-risk AI. The political agreement, which has yet to be detailed and came together following 37 hours of debates within the European Commission, highlights what is prohibited when it comes to AI, key requirements for using high-risk AI and penalties.
For the entertainment industry, the most crucial aspect when it comes to AI is the requirement for transparency when using generative AI or copyright-protected work. The official text states that users should be informed when interacting with a chatbot, and it requires AI systems that generate or manipulate text, image, audio or video content (such as a deep-fake tool) to disclose that the content has been artificially generated or manipulated.
This also applies to “artistic, creative, satirical, fictional, analogous work,” in which case the “transparency obligations are limited to disclosure of the existence of such generated or manipulated content” in a way “that does not hamper the display or enjoyment of the work.” The AI Act also prohibits emotion recognition systems at work and in education, as well as the use of AI to exploit people’s age, disability, behavioral manipulation and circumvention of free will; untargeted scraping of images for facial recognition; and biometric systems using sensitive characteristics. The text also gives proposed penalties of up to 7% of global annual turnover or €35 million for prohibited Al violations and up to 3% of global annual turnover or €15 million for most other violations.
.Richard Romanus, who built his character acting career with a tough guy persona in film and television, has died at 80 at a hospital in Volos, Greece. No cause was given by his son, Robert.
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