Baqir al-Olum University Journal of Philosophy of Law 2980-8715 3 2 2024 09 22 The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act as the First Global Document in the Field of Governing the Online World The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act as the First Global Document in the Field of Governing the Online World 7 24 76929 10.22081/phlq.2025.70710.1083 FA Mohammad Mehdi Seyed Naseri P.hD. Medical Ethics and Law Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2025 01 03 <span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Artificial intelligence, one of the most prominent emerging technologies of nowadays, has significant potential to change and transform various dimensions of human life. While such novel technology offers new opportunities in various fields such as healthcare, transportation, education, etc., it also creates new major challenges for human rights. In its pioneering role in regulating artificial intelligence, the European Union drafted the first vivid proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act in 2021. The aim of drafting it was to create a legal framework for the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence within the European Union. After about two years of negotiations, in December 2023, negotiators in the European Parliament and the Council of Europe finally reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act, and at most, in February 2024, the Permanent Representatives Committee voted to approve the political agreement reached in 2023. Despite, many critics believe that the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act has failed to protect human rights and has not considered fundamental human rights principles. The question stricken to the mind now is whether or not the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act can be considered as a positive step towards regulating the well-use of artificial intelligence and the responsible use of this novel technology. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in research type. Overall, it can be depicted that the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act is a positive step towards regulating the use of artificial intelligence and the responsible hiring of the novel technology aforementioned. However, to ensure that law fully protects human rights, amendments must be made to it. Regarding measures such as limiting the scope of the national security exemption, increasing transparency obligations for law enforcement and immigration authorities, and making the list of high-risk systems more transparent, the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act can become a truly powerful tool for protecting human rights in the age of artificial intelligence. </span> <span style="font-size: 9.0pt;">Artificial intelligence, one of the most prominent emerging technologies of nowadays, has significant potential to change and transform various dimensions of human life. While such novel technology offers new opportunities in various fields such as healthcare, transportation, education, etc., it also creates new major challenges for human rights. In its pioneering role in regulating artificial intelligence, the European Union drafted the first vivid proposal for an Artificial Intelligence Act in 2021. The aim of drafting it was to create a legal framework for the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence within the European Union. After about two years of negotiations, in December 2023, negotiators in the European Parliament and the Council of Europe finally reached a provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act, and at most, in February 2024, the Permanent Representatives Committee voted to approve the political agreement reached in 2023. Despite, many critics believe that the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act has failed to protect human rights and has not considered fundamental human rights principles. The question stricken to the mind now is whether or not the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act can be considered as a positive step towards regulating the well-use of artificial intelligence and the responsible use of this novel technology. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in research type. Overall, it can be depicted that the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act is a positive step towards regulating the use of artificial intelligence and the responsible hiring of the novel technology aforementioned. However, to ensure that law fully protects human rights, amendments must be made to it. Regarding measures such as limiting the scope of the national security exemption, increasing transparency obligations for law enforcement and immigration authorities, and making the list of high-risk systems more transparent, the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act can become a truly powerful tool for protecting human rights in the age of artificial intelligence. </span> https://phlq.bou.ac.ir/article_76929_1c96a1d5f526e6253f9dc3c35b47befa.pdf