Malta has enacted laws and/or issued guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI). Companies subject to Maltese laws and regulations should be familiar with all relevant AI-related laws, regulations, and guidance, including those listed below.
Laws and Regulations
General
The AI Act establishes harmonized rules for placing on the market, putting into service, and using artificial intelligence systems (“AI Systems”) in the European Union. It prohibits certain AI practices and establishes specific requirements for high-risk AI Systems and operators of such systems, rules on market monitoring, market surveillance governance and enforcement, and measures to support innovation, with a particular focus on SMEs, including start-ups.
Principles, Studies, & Recommendations
The framework outlines Malta’s vision for ethical and trustworthy AI and sets out four ethical AI principles: human autonomy; prevent harm; fairness; and explicability.