# Recital (142)

To ensure that AI leads to socially and environmentally beneficial outcomes, Member States are encouraged to 
support and promote research and development of AI solutions in support of socially and environmentally 
beneficial outcomes, such as AI-based solutions to increase accessibility for persons with disabilities, tackle 
socio-economic inequalities, or meet environmental targets, by allocating sufficient resources, including public and 
Union funding, and, where appropriate and provided that the eligibility and selection criteria are fulfilled, 
considering in particular projects which pursue such objectives. Such projects should be based on the principle of 
interdisciplinary cooperation between AI developers, experts on inequality and non-discrimination, accessibility, 
consumer, environmental, and digital rights, as well as academics.

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Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act) as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, consolidated text of 27 July 2026 (Official Journal of the EU). This page is AI-generated legal information, not legal advice. Verify against the Official Journal.
Canonical: https://euaiactlaw.com/recital/142