The European Union and the United States announced on Wednesday a project for a common “code of conduct” on artificial intelligence (AI) open to democratic countries, which would be applied voluntarily to the sector, at a time when the great powers are working on regulation.
“In the coming weeks we will present a draft code of conduct on artificial intelligence,” said the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, during a joint press conference in Sweden with the head of US diplomacy, Anthony Blinken.
The idea is to have a final proposal “very, very soon” on which the companies in the sector, dominated by American giants such as Microsoft, Meta or Google, “will be able to voluntarily commit”, Margrethe Vestager specified.
“Risks for our societies”
In the presence of the founder of the revolutionary chatbot ChatGPT Sam Altman, the topic of AI 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 27th and Washington to turn the page on the trade disputes of the Trump years.
The European Union (EU) wants to be the first in the world to adopt a comprehensive and mandatory legal framework to limit the excesses of artificial intelligence, but its entry into force will not take place before the end of 2025.
China also has regulatory plans, including a “safety inspection” of artificial intelligence tools.
As for Washington, despite numerous discussions, there is currently no mandatory bill on the table. Americans and Europeans fear that Chinese standards will be imposed if the West does not join in.
A Euro-American roadmap within the framework of the CCT must make it possible to “identify the standards and tools for reliable AI,” the EU and the United States stressed on Wednesday.
Source: BFM TV
