2020-02-21-Silicon Valley Heads to Europe, Nervous About New Rules

Silicon Valley Heads to Europe, Nervous About New Rules

忧心欧盟新法规，硅谷高层赴欧洲

Many Silicon Valley executives are paying court in the European capital: E.U. lawmakers are debating a new digital policy, including first-of its-hand rules on the ways that artificial intelligence can be used by companies.

多位硅谷高管纷纷造访欧盟总部布鲁塞尔抛出橄榄枝：欧盟议员正围绕一项新的数字政策展开辩论，其中包括一些史无前例的、关于企业如何使用人工智能技术的规定。

That has far-reaching implications for many industries-but especially for tech behemoths like Google, Facebook and Apple that have bet big on artificial intelligence.

这将给许多行业带来深远的影响，尤其是像谷歌、脸书和苹果这些在人工智能技术上押下重注的科技巨头。

Artificial intelligence is seen by technologists, business leaders and government officials as one of the world's most transformative technologies.

人工智能被技术专家、商业领袖和政府官员视为世界上最具变革性的技术之一。

Yet it presents new risks to individual privacy and livelihoods-including the possibility that the tech will replace people in their jobs.

但它给个人隐私和生计带来了新的风险，包括科技取代人工的可能性。

A first draft of the artificial intelligence policy will be released on Wednesday, along with broader recommendations outlining the bloc's digital strategy for the coming years.

周三将会公布人工智能政策的第一份草案，以及概述欧盟未来几年数字战略的更广泛建议。

The artificial intelligence proposal is expected to outline riskier use of the technology-such as in health care and transportation like self-driving cars-and how those will come under tougher government scrutiny.

这份人工智能提案预计将概括该技术一些更具风险的应用，例如在医疗保健领域和无人驾驶汽车等交通领域方面的应用；以及政府会如何更严格审查这些应用。

For years, American lawmakers and regulators largely left Silicon Valley Companies alone, allowing the firms to grow unimpeded and with little scrutiny of problems such as the spread of disinformation on social networks.

多年来，美国立法者和监管机构基本上不干涉硅谷公司，允许它们不受约束地发展，而且对社交网络上虚假信息传播等问题几乎不加审查。

Policymakers in Europe and elsewhere stepped in with a more hands-on approach, setting boundaries on privacy, antitrust and harmful internet content.

欧洲及其它地区的政策制定者则采取了一种更加实际的方式介入进来，在隐私、反垄断和互联网有害内容等方面设定界限。

Heads to some place 赶往某地

Pay court 讨好，取悦（以获得支持）

Court v.讨好

Far-reaching adj.影响深远的

Implication n.暗示，影响

Tech behemoth 科技巨头

Bet big on 压下重注

Livelihood n.生计

Outline v.概括

Scrutiny n.密切注视，检查

Leave sb. alone 任由....发展

Unimpeded adj.没有障碍的

Hands-on adj.实际的

Step in 介入

Antitrust n.反垄断