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European Union member states have approved legislation to regulate the development of artificial intelligence. A global first.
By consensus, the 27 member states of the European Union on Friday approved a draft regulation on Artificial Intelligence (AI Act), which will be the first law globally to regulate these technologies.
Much criticized for the text, despite the political agreement reached last December, France finally ” Points of focus » Problematic, according to Bersi. One of them relates to the threshold for defining the most powerful AI models – such as the one that gave birth to ChatGPT – which will be subject to certain constraints with this new regulation. This power threshold will be updated “regularly » To keep up with what happens in the United States or China, according to technological progress. Another area of concern: copyright. The AI Act imposes a specific obligation of transparency on the data used to train these models.
Concerned not to disadvantage European gems like the Mistral AI, Paris insisted that this could be balanced by the notion of an obligation to advertise the model.“Trade Secret”,To protect specific product recipes. “It still remains to find the right place at the level of information needed» We recognize in Bursi. The last step for the text: a European Parliament vote is expected in the spring.
European Commissioner Thierry Breton, in charge of the file, welcomed a regulation “Historical, First World“
“AI Law has unleashed passion, and rightly so! Today, states approved December’s political agreement, recognizing the perfect balance struck by negotiators between innovation and security.“, he said on Friday.
This regulation should make it possible to harness the enormous potential of AI, while keeping the risks in mind. In its application, we will stress the need for ease of innovation, legal clarity for businesses, a less bureaucratic structure,” German Economy Minister Robert Haebeck stressed on Friday.
The tech world is more wary: “Many of these new rules remain vague and can slow down the development and deployment of innovative applications,” lamented Boniface de Champrice, Europe manager of the sector lobby, CCIA, on Friday. The law “creates significant obligations, despite some adjustments for start-ups and SMEs”, adds Marianne Tordex Bitker of the France Digital Professionals Association, fearing “additional regulatory obstacles that will benefit American and Chinese competition”.
