On 31 May 2022, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) published a study which identifies and analyses the sources of regulatory discrepancies in the draft regulation on AI, with regard to the obligations and restrictions faced by public and private sector entities when using some of the AI systems. A reflection upon possible impacts and consequences is provided, and a range of policy options is suggested for the European Parliament that could respond to the identified sources of divergence. 

The study is specifically focused on three AI application areas: manipulative AI, social scoring and biometric AI systems. Questions regarding how and when those systems are designated as prohibited or high-risk and the potentially diverging obligations towards public versus private sector actors and the rationale behind it, are described.

Source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_STU(2022)729507