According to the latest news from AFP, after 36 hours of negotiations, EU member states and MEPs reached a preliminary agreement on the world's first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence, including ChatGPT, on the 8th local time. Channel Euronews described the negotiation process as intense, and this is the world's first attempt to regulate this rapidly evolving technology in a comprehensive, ethically based manner.
EU Artificial Intelligence Act infographic.
Historic!With today's political agreement around the Artificial Intelligence Act, the EU becomes the first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI," said Thierry Bretton, European Commission's Commissioner for the Internal Market.
European News Channel mentioned that earlier negotiations on Thursday (7th) were to reach a preliminary compromise on the basic model to control chatbots like ChatGPT, a large language model of American artificial intelligence company OpenAI, and the negotiations on the 8th focused on the use of real-time biometric technology, including facial recognition, in public places.
A tense movie is unfolding in Brussels. Austria's "Standard" 7**, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on the morning of the 7th that after 10 hours of negotiations, the European Parliament, the European Commission and EU member states have basically reached an agreement on the law regulating artificial intelligence - the "Artificial Intelligence Act". According to the report, if the EU parties do not reach an agreement as soon as possible, the passage of the law may be delayed until after next year's European Parliament elections, and the EU may lose its potential "role model" in AI regulation. Bloomberg reports that the agreement marks a key step forward in the EU's AI regulation. In the absence of any action by the United States, the bill could set the tone for regulation of generative AI tools in developed countries. But there are warnings that even if an agreement is reached, more meetings may be needed to finalize the technical details of the regulations, which will not take effect until 2026 at the earliest.
Sichuan Observation (**Global Network).