The Council of Ministers have approved the Preliminary Draft Law for the proper use and governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI), for the purposes set forth in Article 26.4 of Law 50/1997, aligning Spanish legislation with the EU AI Act. Among other features, the bill introduces a digital right to withdraw AI systems that cause serious incidents and mandates clear labelling of AI-generated content. Organisations that fail to properly label AI-generated content that can be fined of up to 35 million euros ($38.2 million) or 7% of their global annual turnover. The bill adopts guidelines from the EU AI Act imposing strict transparency obligations on AI systems deemed to be high-risk, and represents Spain’s efforts to curb the harmful use of deepfakes. The bill is now pending approval from the lower house of Spanish parliament.
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