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(This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/24\/eu-google-ai-pact\/<\/a><\/br> Google\u2019s Sundar Pichai has agreed to work with lawmakers in Europe on what\u2019s being referred to as an \u201cAI Pact\u201d \u2014 seemingly a stop-gap set of voluntary rules or standards while formal regulations for applying AI are still being worked on.<\/p>\n Pichai was meeting with Thierry Breton, the European Union\u2019s internal market commissioner, who put out a statement after today\u2019s confab \u2014 saying: \u201cThere is no time to lose in the AI race to build a safe online environment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n A briefing put out by his office after the meeting also said the EU wants to be \u201cproactive\u201d and work on an AI pact ahead of incoming EU legislation set to apply to AI.<\/p>\n The memo added that the bloc wants to launch an AI Pact \u201cinvolving all major European and non-European AI actors on a voluntary basis\u201d and ahead of the legal deadline of the aforementioned pan-EU AI Act. <\/span><\/p>\n However \u2014 at present \u2014 the only tech giant\u2019s name that\u2019s been publicly attached to the initiative is Google\u2019s.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve reached out to Google and the European Commission with questions about the initiative.<\/p>\n In further public remarks, Breton said:<\/p>\n We expect technology in Europe to respect all of our rules, on data protection, online safety, and artificial intelligence. In Europe, it\u2019s not pick and choose.<\/p>\n I am pleased that Sundar Pichai recognises this, and that he is committed to complying with all EU rules.<\/p>\n The GDPR [General Data Protection Regulation] is in place. The DSA [Digital Services Act] and DMA [Digital Markets Act] are being implemented. Negotiations on the AI Act are approaching the final stage and I call on the European Parliament and Council to adopt the framework before the end of the year.<\/p>\n \u00a0Sundar 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.<\/p>\n I also welcome Sundar\u2019s commitment to step up the fight against disinformation ahead of elections in Europe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n While there\u2019s no details on what might be contained in the \u201cAI pact\u201d, as with any self-regulatory arrangement, it would lack legal bite so there would be no way to force developers to sign up \u2014 nor consequences for any failing to meet the (voluntary) commitments.<\/p>\n Still, it\u2019s perhaps a step towards the kind of international cooperation on rule-making that\u2019s been called for in recent weeks and months by a number of technologists.<\/p>\n The EU has past precedent when it comes to getting tech giants to ink their name to a little self-regulation: Having established, over several years, a couple of voluntary agreements (aka Codes) which a number of tech giants signed up to (including Google), committing to improve their responses to reports of online hate speech and the spread of harmful disinformation. And while the two aforementioned Codes haven\u2019t resolved what remain complex online speech moderation issues, they have provided a stick for the EU to measure whether or not platforms are living up to their own claims \u2014 and, at times, use to dish out a light public beating when they\u2019re not<\/a>.<\/p>\n More generally, the EU remains ahead of the global pack on digital rule-making and has already drafted regulations for artificial intelligence<\/a> \u2014 proposed a risk-based framework for AI apps two years ago. However even the bloc\u2019s best efforts are still lagging developments in the field which have felt especially blistering this year, after OpenAI\u2019s generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, had been made broadly available to web users and garnered viral attention.<\/p>\n Currently, the draft EU AI Act, proposed back in April 2021, remains a live piece of lawmaking between the European parliament and Council \u2014 with the former recently agreeing on a raft of amendments they want included, including several targeting generative AI.<\/p>\n A compromise on a final text will need to be reached between EU co-legislators so it remains to be seen what the final shape of the bloc\u2019s AI rulebook will look like.<\/p>\n Plus, even if the law gets adopted before the end of the year, which is the most optimistic timeline, it will certainly come with an implementation period \u2014 of most likely at least a year before it applies to AI developers. <\/span>Hence why EU commissioners are keenly pressing for stop-gap measures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier this week, EVP Margrethe Vestager, who heads up the bloc\u2019s digital strategy, suggested the EU and U.S. were set to cooperate on establishing minimum standards before legislation enters into force (via Reuters<\/a>).<\/p>\n In further remarks today, following the meeting with Google, she tweeted: \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nGoogle to work with Europe on stop-gap \u2018AI Pact\u2019<\/br>
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