Marie Sherlock (Labour)
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Ultimately, all legislation can do is to regulate the relationships. In some ways, legislation will always be behind the curve of innovation in the AI space.

I want to pick up on the points being made by ICTU about the EU AI Act and the disappointing, serious gaps that remain in that legislation. On the question about the assessment of risk, what might be serious to one person may seem moderate or low risk to someone else. My question is for Dr. Bambrick and Mr. Joyce. Having collective bargaining, trade unions and the workers' voice in the room is vital, but is it enough, especially if there is a lack of understanding of how the software has been generated to start with? Do we need software to go through an initial point of regulation or initial framework of regulation before it can be deployed in the workplace? Once it is in the workplace, should employers and employees be able to mediate on how it is deployed? I am not sure whether my question is clear. Ultimately, my concern is that it is not good enough to say that if we have collective bargaining, all will be fine. We need an earlier process to ensure whatever is being deployed in the workplace is appropriate and suitable.