The European Union (EU) has just passed the world’s first Artificial Intelligence law which seeks to provide regulations on its usage. While the law will apply only in the EU, experts who support the law hope for a “Brussels effect,” which is the phenomenon that laws and regulations passed in the EU are often passed in other jurisdictions. The Brussels effect was evident in Kenya with the passing of the Kenyan Data Protection Act shortly after the EU passed its data protection laws otherwise known as the GDPR.
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) increases globally, human rights activists have increased lobbying arguing for regulation to curtail the negative impacts. Researchers and experts note that despite AI's major benefits, it also poses very serious threats which could be dangerous to society unless curtailed by regulation.
