Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence, as amended
European Union (2024). Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the Artificial Intelligence Act, as amended. Articles 3, 5, 6 and 50, Annex III and recital 44. [READ AT SOURCE. The Commission's own 'AI Act' page, which states its own last update as 19 October 2026, was read in full on 2026-10-21, and Article 5(1)(f) was separately re-read verbatim at an independent consolidated text. NOT A STUDY: this is legislation and the Commission's own statement of its own regulation.] WHAT IT SUPPORTS. The Act defines an emotion recognition system as one for identifying or inferring emotions or intentions from biometric data. Inferring emotions in workplaces and education institutions has been prohibited since 2 February 2025, with an exception for systems placed on the market strictly for medical or safety reasons. Where permitted, emotion recognition is classified as high-risk, with those obligations applying from 2 December 2027. Nothing in the Act restricts retail, advertising or market research. The legislature's stated reason, verbatim: 'Among the key shortcomings of such systems are the limited reliability, the lack of specificity and the limited generalisability.' NOTHING HERE MAKES ANY PARTICULAR SYSTEM LAWFUL TO DEPLOY, and the article says so.
European Union (2024). Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the Artificial Intelligence Act, as amended. Articles 3, 5, 6 and 50, Annex III and recital 44. [READ AT SOURCE. The Commission's own 'AI Act' page, which states its own last update as 19 October 2026, was read in full on 2026-10-21, and Article 5(1)(f) was separately re-read verbatim at an independent consolidated text. NOT A STUDY: this is legislation and the Commission's own statement of its own regulation.] WHAT IT SUPPORTS. The Act defines an emotion recognition system as one for identifying or inferring emotions or intentions from biometric data. Inferring emotions in workplaces and education institutions has been prohibited since 2 February 2025, with an exception for systems placed on the market strictly for medical or safety reasons. Where permitted, emotion recognition is classified as high-risk, with those obligations applying from 2 December 2027. Nothing in the Act restricts retail, advertising or market research. The legislature's stated reason, verbatim: 'Among the key shortcomings of such systems are the limited reliability, the lack of specificity and the limited generalisability.' NOTHING HERE MAKES ANY PARTICULAR SYSTEM LAWFUL TO DEPLOY, and the article says so.
Written from the rEAD AT SOURCE: the European Commission's own summary page read in full on 2026-10-21, with Article 5(1)(f) re-read verbatim at an independent consolidated text. Not a study.
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Articles 3, 5 and 50, Annex III and Recital 44.