Artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector

04-07-2020 - 09:35
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On 29 June, IMCO adopted this opinion to CULT report by 32-3-2. However, after verification, the votes of 3 MEPs which were validly cast, were not taken into consideration during the vote, the final result is 34-3-3. The Rapporteur for the opinion secured 11 compromise amendments, broadly supported by the political groups, focusing on the need to involve educators, learners and wider society in the deployment of AI, ensure transparency of the algorithms, create a proper framework

for the public procurement for public educators, and stressing the importance of avoiding unequal access to data in the education sector.
The vote on the final report in CULT is foreseen for October 2020.