Alphabet and the European Commission goal to develop a man-made intelligence (AI) pact involving European and non-European firms earlier than guidelines are established to control the know-how, EU business chief Thierry Breton stated on Wednesday.
Breton earlier met Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and its mum or dad firm Alphabet, in Brussels.
“Sundar and I agreed that we cannot afford to wait until AI regulation actually becomes applicable, and to work together with all AI developers to already develop an AI pact on a voluntary basis ahead of the legal deadline,” Breton stated in an announcement.
He additionally urged EU nations and EU lawmakers to finalise particulars of the Commission’s proposed AI guidelines earlier than the top of the yr. Both teams have but to begin negotiations to iron out their variations.
Concern is mounting about fast-developing AI’s potential to upend the best way society and companies function. Governments are scrambling to discover a option to rein in destructive penalties with out shedding the advantages, or stifling innovation.
EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, who additionally met Pichai, underlined the necessity to act collectively.
“We need the AI Act as soon as possible. But AI technology evolves at extreme speed. So we need voluntary agreement on universal rules for AI now,” she stated in a tweet.
The European Union and the United States plan to step up cooperation on synthetic intelligence to determine minimal requirements earlier than laws enters drive, Vestager stated on Tuesday.
Commission Vice President Vera Jourova stated she voiced her considerations to Pichai concerning the unfold of pro-Kremlin warfare propaganda and disinformation on Google’s services and products and the dangers of disinformation in EU and nationwide elections.
Pichai agreed to look into issues confronted by unbiased Russian media in monetising their content material in Russia on YouTube, Jourova stated.
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