The European Commission had planned certain rules in order to create it easier for people and companies to sue manufacturers of drones, robots and different product equipped with artificial intelligence software for compensation for the harm which was caused by them.

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Victims asks compensation for harm to their life, property, health and privacy
Commission made an announcement of update to the Product Liability Directive
AI Liability Directive need to be agreed with the EU countries and EU lawmakers

The AI Liability Directive had aimed in order to handle the increasing use of AI-enabled product and services along with the patchwork of national rules across the 27-country European Union.

Well, under the draft rules, victims would be able to ask for the compensation for harm to their life, property, health and privacy because of the fault or omission of a provider, developer or user of AI technology or for discrimination in a recruitment process with the use of AI.

The rules have made the burden of proof on victims less with a 'presumption of causality', which implies that the victims could only get the chance to show that a manufacturer or user's failure to comply with certain kind of needs that has caused the harm which would later link this to the AI technology in their lawsuit.

Under a 'right of access to evidence', victims would be able to raise a request to a court to order firms and suppliers to supply data regarding high risk AI systems so that they would be able to determine the liable person and also the fault that caused the injury.

Well, even after this the Commission had also announced an update to the Product Liability Directive which means makers would be liable for all unsafe product, tangible and intangible, which would include software and digital services and that too even when the products were sold-out.

It could definitely be noticed that the users would be able to sue for compensation when the software updates render their smart-home product unsafe or when the makers fail to repair cybersecurity gaps. Those with unsafe non-EU product would be able to sue the manufacturer's EU representative for compensation.

The AI Liability Directive was require to get agreed with the EU countries and EU lawmakers before it could become a law.

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