Europe and the EU work on a code of conduct for AI
The European Union and the United States announced on Wednesday a draft common “code of conduct” on artificial intelligence (AI), which would be applied on a voluntary basis.
“In the coming weeks, we are going to present a draft code of conduct on artificial intelligence,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said at a joint press conference with the head of US diplomacy Antony Blinken.
The goal is to “establish voluntary codes of conduct that are open to all like-minded countries,” Blinken said, as Westerners fear letting China take the lead in regulating AI.
The idea is to have “very, very soon” a final proposal on which companies in the sector, dominated by American giants such as Microsoft, Meta or Google, “will be able to voluntarily commit,” Vestager said.
In the presence of Sam Altman, the founder of the chatbot ChatGPT that has revolutionized artificial intelligence, this question was one of the main topics of a meeting of the Council of Trade and Technology (CCT) in Luleå, in the north of Sweden.
The body was created in 2021 between the 27 members of the EU and the United States to turn the page on the trade disputes of the years of Donald Trump’s presidency.
“The EU and the US share the common view that artificial intelligence technologies bring great opportunities, but also pose risks to our societies,” the two major powers said in a final statement.
With information from AFP