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Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/11\/eu-ai-act-mep-committee-votes\/<\/a><\/br>
\nEU lawmakers back transparency and safety rules for generative AI<\/br>
\n2023-05-11 22:19:25<\/br><\/p>\n

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In a series of votes in the European Parliament this morning MEPs have backed a raft of amendments to the bloc\u2019s draft AI legislation \u2014 including agreeing a set of requirements for so called foundational models which underpin generative AI technologies like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The text of the amendment agreed by MEPs in two committees put obligations on providers of foundational models to apply safety checks, data governance measures and risk mitigations prior to putting their models on the market \u2014 including obligating them to consider \u201cforeseeable risks to health, safety, fundamental rights, the environment and democracy and the rule of law\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

The amendment also commits foundational model makers to reduce the energy consumption and resource use of their systems and register their systems in an EU database set to be established by the AI Act. While providers of generative AI technologies (such as ChatGPT) are obliged comply with transparency obligations in the regulation (ensuring users are informed the content was machine generated); apply \u201cadequate safeguards\u201d in relation to content their systems generate; and provide a summary of any copyrighted materials used to train their AIs.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks MEPs have been focused on ensuring general purpose AI will not escape regulatory requirements, as we reported earlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other key areas of debate for parliamentarians included biometric surveillance \u2014 where MEPs also agreed to changes aimed at beefing up protections for fundamental rights.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers are working towards agreeing the parliament\u2019s negotiating mandate for the AI Act to unlock the next stage of the EU\u2019s co-legislative process.<\/p>\n

MEPs in two committees, the Internal Market Committee and the Civil Liberties Committee, voted on some 3,000 amendments today \u2014 adopting a draft mandate on the planned artificial intelligence rulebook with 84 votes in favour, 7 against and 12 abstentions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn their amendments to the\u00a0Commission\u2019s proposal<\/a>, MEPs aim to ensure that AI systems are overseen by people, are safe, transparent, traceable, non-discriminatory, and environmentally friendly. They also want to have a uniform definition for AI designed to be technology-neutral, so that it can apply to the AI systems of today and tomorrow,\u201d the parliament said in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among the key amendments agreed by the committees today are an expansion of the list of prohibited practices \u2014 adding bans on \u201cintrusive\u201d and \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d uses of AI systems such as:<\/p>\n