France, March 26 -- The measures, adopted by an overwhelming majority, target so-called "nudifier" systems that use AI to create or manipulate sexually explicit or intimate images of real, identifiable people without their consent.

The ban forms part of broader changes to the Artificial Intelligence Act, the bloc's main effort to regulate the fast-growing technology. EU member states have already backed similar measures, and negotiations will now begin to agree a final version of the law.

The new rules define nudifier systems as those that use AI "to create or manipulate images that are sexually explicit or intimate and resemble an identifiable real person" without consent, the European Parliament said in a statement.

Systems with safe...