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EU Commission: Guidelines on prohibited Artificial Intelligence practices under Regulation 2024/1689 (AI Act) approved.
In conjunction with the direct applicability – as of 2 February 2025 – of Article 5 of Regulation 2024/1689 on AI, which prohibits the so-called "prohibited artificial intelligence practices", the EU Commission has approved (although not yet formally adopted) the Communication containing the Guidelines on prohibited AI practices pursuant to EU Regulation 2024/1689.
The guidelines specifically address – with operational and interpretative (non-binding) guidance on bans – practices such as malicious manipulation, social scoring, and real-time remote biometric identification, among others. They also provide legal clarifications and practical examples useful for understanding and complying with the requirements of the AI Act.
The setting of the guidelines is very concrete and useful: for each prohibited AI practice, the Commission provides an analysis of the regulatory logic, objectives of the ban, main conceptual and interpretative characteristics, type of behaviour that falls under the ban, legal behaviour or behaviour outside the ban, interconnection with other EU legislation (e.g. GDPR), cases of exclusion, practical examples.
The guidelines specifically address – with operational and interpretative (non-binding) guidance on bans – practices such as malicious manipulation, social scoring, and real-time remote biometric identification, among others. They also provide legal clarifications and practical examples useful for understanding and complying with the requirements of the AI Act.
The setting of the guidelines is very concrete and useful: for each prohibited AI practice, the Commission provides an analysis of the regulatory logic, objectives of the ban, main conceptual and interpretative characteristics, type of behaviour that falls under the ban, legal behaviour or behaviour outside the ban, interconnection with other EU legislation (e.g. GDPR), cases of exclusion, practical examples.
