EU bans the bots: Commission bars ‘AI agents’ from joining online meetings

EU bans the bots: Commission bars ‘AI agents’ from joining online meetings

The technology was mentioned in a wider Commission package on virtual worlds published March 31. “AI agents are software applications designed to perceive and interact with the virtual environment,” the text read. Agents can “operate autonomously,” but their work is set by “specific predefined rules.”

Leading AI companies have all been experimenting with their own AI agent applications. In January, OpenAI launched Operator, a research version of an AI agent that can carry out several…

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