On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2024/1689 and (EU) 2018/1139 as regards the simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI)
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Committee on Culture and Education · Rapporteur: Emma Rafowicz
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The Committee on Culture and Education proposes amendments to the AI Act simplification proposal, focusing on education, culture, media, and children's protection.¶¶¶ It calls for AI literacy promotion involving education and cultural institutions, safeguards for real-world testing in education, and a ban on AI that generates non-consensual intimate images.¶¶¶ It also seeks to keep registration for certain AI systems, maintain the AI literacy obligation, and ensure guidance for high-risk AI in education and public services.¶¶¶
Committee position. The committee proposes amendments to the Commission's proposal, focusing on education, culture, media, and children's protection, and deleting several simplification measures.¶¶¶
Key points
- Calls for clear and accessible AI rules in education, culture, and media, with attention to rightholders in cultural and creative sectors.¶
- Stresses safeguards in education to preserve pedagogical autonomy, data privacy, and prevent vendor lock-in.¶
- Encourages Member States to involve education providers, cultural institutions, media organisations, and civil society in AI literacy initiatives.¶
- Highlights the need for age-appropriate AI literacy for children and young people, supporting critical thinking and digital autonomy.¶¶
- Proposes to add to prohibited AI practices systems that generate or manipulate sexualised images or videos of individuals without consent.¶¶
- Deletes the proposal to remove registration requirements for certain AI systems, keeping the obligation to document assessments.¶¶¶
- Requires real-world testing plans in education or with minors to include specific safeguards and meaningful involvement of deployers.¶
- Deletes the transitional period for generative AI marking obligations and the grace period clarification for high-risk AI.¶¶¶
- Deletes the mechanism linking application of high-risk AI obligations to availability of standards, keeping original dates.¶¶
- Allows processing of special categories of personal data to detect algorithmic biases affecting media pluralism, under strict conditions, but prohibits processing children's data.¶¶
- Assigns monitoring of codes of practice to the AI Office and the Board, and requires guidance on post-market monitoring for education and public services.¶¶
- Extends guidance and codes of conduct to public sector deployers, including education and cultural institutions, and requires consultation with other authorities.¶¶¶
Who is affected
- Providers and deployers of AI systems in education, culture, media, and public services.¶¶¶
- Children and young people using AI systems in education and digital environments.¶¶¶
- Rightholders in cultural and creative sectors.¶
- Local public authorities and publicly funded education, training, and cultural institutions.¶¶
Figures and deadlines
- 2 August 2030: deadline for providers and deployers of high-risk AI used by public authorities to comply.¶