TapTechNews September 21st news, according to a report by Reuters on the 20th, some global tech giants are making the final efforts to try to persuade the EU to take a lax approach when regulating AI to avoid the risk of facing billions of dollars in fines.
After months of intense negotiations among various political groups, the EU passed the Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) in May this year, which is the world's first comprehensive law to regulate this technology. However, before the finalization of the relevant operating procedures, it is still not clear how strictly to enforce the regulations for general-purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) systems (such as OpenAI's ChatGPT) and how many copyright lawsuits and billions of dollars in fines the companies may face.
The EU has invited companies, scholars and other relevant parties to help draft the operating procedures. According to an unnamed informed source, the EU has received nearly 1000 applications, which is relatively high.
The AI operating procedures will take effect later next year, but they are not binding but provide a checklist for compliance for enterprises. If a tech company claims to comply with the law but ignores the operating procedures, then it may face legal challenges.
The operating procedures are crucial. If we do it right, we can continue to innovate. Boniface de Champris, senior policy manager of the trade organization European Association of Computer and Telecommunications Industries, said. He also said, If the regulations are too narrow or specific, it will become very difficult.
TapTechNews summarizes the statements of some tech companies as follows:
OpenAI: Informed sources said that it has been criticized for refusing to answer questions about model training data and has applied to join the working group.
Google: Has submitted relevant applications.
Amazon: Expressed the hope of contributing our expertise to ensure the success of the operating procedures.
Mozilla Foundation: Maximilian Gahntz, the head of its AI policy, said he was worried about companies' sparing no effort to avoid transparency. The Artificial Intelligence Act provides us with the best opportunity to illuminate this key issue and at least reveal part of the black box.