Tra protezione dei dati e intelligenza artificiale, in Europa e oltre

Abstract

This introduction summarizes some of the most pressing issues that Europe and other legal systems are dealing with in the field of data protection and AI. It sketches out the content and deep significance of the contributions of this special issue, which cover biometric and emotion detection and recognition, the value of the notions of 'synthetic data' and 'differential privacy', the promises and risks of digital technology in female healthcare, the relationship between judicial analytics and judicial accountability, and the dystopian perspective of pervasive social credit systems, just to name a few challenges. It contrasts the status of EU law with other jurisdictions that are pioneering the regulation of digital technologies.

Keywords: Data protection and AI; AI Act; GDPR; Synthetic data; Differential privacy; Automated face recognition; Biometric recognition; Judicial analytics; Social scoring; Femtech.