The first country with such a law. To prison for artificial intelligence

This is the first such set of regulations on artificial intelligence in Europe. The Italian Minister of Justice explained that the creation and distribution of videos and images that have been altered using artificial intelligence and caused damage will be punishable by imprisonment.

Italians don’t stick around: Go to jail for artificial intelligence

According to Minister Carlo Nordio, using this technology incorrectly can have a “destructive” effect. The head of the Italian Ministry of Justice was quoted as saying that the use of AI will be considered an additional aggravating circumstance in the case of crimes such as:

• impersonating someone;
• price manipulation;
• IT fraud;
• money laundering;
• speculation using increases or decreases in the value of money, annuities, bonds and stocks;
• election interference.

Italians will create a special office for AI. He will administer punishments

The Italians also wrote in the law that a national office for artificial intelligence would be created. His task will also be to impose penalties for its illegal use. The draft law on artificial intelligence has been submitted to parliament. Last month, the Italian government announced that it would allocate one billion euros to the development of artificial intelligence.

that creators publishing videos on YouTube must mark materials that have been generated or edited using AI tools. In this way, the company wants to fight disinformation more effectively. “Generative artificial intelligence is changing the way creators express themselves – from ideas for creating storyboards to experimenting with tools to improve the creative process. However, viewers increasingly want greater transparency as to whether the content they watch is altered or synthetic,” she explained. Google announced such a move in a statement.