EU Parliament Blocks AI Features Over Cyber, Privacy Fears

Source: Slashdot

The European Parliament has disabled AI features on the work devices of lawmakers and their staff over cybersecurity and data‑protection concerns, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO. The chamber emailed its members on Monday to say it had disabled “built‑in artificial intelligence features” on corporate tablets after its IT department assessed it couldn’t guarantee the security of the tools’ data.

“Some of these features use cloud services to carry out tasks that could be handled locally, sending data off the device,” the Parliament’s e‑MEP tech support desk said in the email. “As these features continue to evolve and become available on more devices, the full extent of data shared with service providers is still being assessed. Until this is fully clarified, it is considered safer to keep such features disabled.”