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European nations reached an agreement on rules for artificial intelligence (AI) last week. Some experts say the regulations will affect people around the world. 

欧洲国家上周就人工智能（AI）规则达成了协议。一些专家表示，这些规定将影响世界各地的人们。 

Here are some of the details of the agreement reported by the Associated Press:

以下是美联社报道的该协议的一些细节：

The AI Act aims to regulate or establish guidelines for AI technology that has the potential to cause problems if misused. 

《人工智能法案》旨在监管或制定人工智能技术指南，这些技术如果滥用可能会导致问题。 

AI systems that recommend online material, or those that check email messages, would be less regulated. But technology that concerns healthcare or medical decisions would have higher requirements. 

推荐在线材料或检查电子邮件的人工智能系统将受到较少的监管。但涉及医疗保健或医疗决策的技术会有更高的要求。 

Some AI systems will be banned except in some cases. They include systems that scan people’s faces in public and systems that make predictions about future behavior such as whether a person will commit a crime. 

除某些情况外，某些人工智能系统将被禁止。其中包括在公共场合扫描人们面部的系统以及预测未来行为（例如一个人是否会犯罪）的系统。 

The new AI Act will not take effect until two years after a vote from European lawmakers. The vote is planned for the first part of next year. The soonest it would be in place is sometime early in 2026. 

新的人工智能法案要在欧洲立法者投票两年后才会生效。投票计划于明年上半年进行。最快将于 2026 年初实施。

Some experts say the guidelines could become a global standard. That has happened before. One recent European decision caused U.S. company Apple to stop using its lightning data cable in favor of a more widely used cable. 

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