The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) alerted this fifth fair to the influence of technological ‘giants’ on the first law on artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union (EU), in discussion among the co-legislators, which could lead to “reduction of duties of security”.
In a report published today, the European ‘lobby’ observatory claims to have obtained “documents that reveal the impressive way in which technology companies have tried to influence the [nova] AI law […] through an attempt to reduce security obligations and steer clear of human rights concerns.”
After, in April 2021, the European Commission proposed the first EU legislation for AI (also the first worldwide), defending strict security controls, this non-profit association highlights that “the ‘giants’ Technological companies have embarked on a fierce ‘lobbying’ ‘battle to safeguard themselves from any liability’.
According to the Corporate Europe Observatory, ‘lobbying’ efforts, ie involving interest groups in policy making, became more visible after the launch of the ChatGPT system last November.
Highlighting that “AI systems carry great risks,” the observatory notes that platforms such as ChatGPT (artificial intelligence-based chat) “often do not work as intended or can be ignored.”
At a height in which the new AI law is in the negotiation phase between the co-legislators of the Council and Parliament, the CEO states that there is “more space for the ‘lobby’ on the part of the technology companies”, for these we will deal with discussions à closed.
“Google, Facebook and Microsoft have been using secret groups, tech-funded experts and standards bodies to lobby the European institutions, an effort that has taken years and seems likely to succeed when the bill reaches its final stage. “he adds. .
In the report, the observatory reports more than 1,000 ‘lobbying’ meetings with members of the European Parliament, of which 56% are with industry and interest groups.
In April 2021, the European Commission proposed the first EU legislation for artificial intelligence, defending strict controls on systems considered risky, such as facial recognition or fingerprints, and a ban on “unacceptable risk”, such as manipulation of human behavior.
After several recommendations adopted in the last three years for the area of AI and a market consultation, the community executive proposed “new rules and actions aimed at transforming Europe into the world center of trust”, by combining the “first framework of always” and a new coordination plan between Member States.
The objective is to “guarantee the security and fundamental rights of people and companies, while strengthening the adoption, investment and innovation of AI throughout the EU”, Brussels explained then, defending an “approach based on the risk”.
AI has been increasingly used in areas such as entertainment (content personalization), online commerce (predicting consumer tastes), household appliances (intelligent programming) and electronic equipment (use of virtual assistants such as Siri, Alexa, among others) .
It is also used for facial recognition, a technique based on collecting data from characteristic images.
Source: TSF
