STOCKHOLM, June 30 (Reuters) – A proposed EU artificial intelligence bill would bring Europe’s It would jeopardize competitiveness and technological sovereignty. .
EU lawmakers this month drafted a series of rules that would require systems like ChatGPT to disclose AI-generated content, distinguish between so-called deepfake images and real images, and safeguard against illegal content. agreed.
Since ChatGPT’s popularity, several open letters have been issued calling for regulation of AI and increased “risk of AI extinction.”
Previous signatories to the letter included Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, two of the three so-called “Godfathers of AI,” Jeffrey Hinton and Joshua Bengio. .
A third person, Yann Lucan, who works for Meta, signed Friday’s letter challenging EU regulations. Other signatories include executives from companies as diverse as Spanish telecommunications company Cellnex (CLNX.MC), French software company Miracle and German investment bank Berenberg.
Those companies, along with Renault and Meta, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
We are mainly aiming for the European Parliament version, because the European Parliament has decided to move from a risk-based approach to a technology-based approach, which was not included in the original text, Cedric O, France’s former digital minister and one of the three organizers of the European Parliament, told Reuters in a letter.
He organized the open letter with La Familia VC founding partner Janet Zu Furstenberg and Airbus Chairman Rene Obermann.
The letter warned that technologies such as generative AI would be heavily regulated under proposed EU rules, and companies developing such systems would face high compliance costs and unfair liability risks. .
Such regulations could force highly innovative companies to move their activities overseas and investors to withdraw capital from European AI development in general, they said.
OpenAI’s Altman threatened in May to pull ChatGPT out of Europe if it became difficult to comply with upcoming AI laws, but later reversed his position, saying the company had no plans to pull out. .
Dragos Tudrash, who co-led the drafting of the EU proposal, told Reuters: “I’m sure they didn’t read the document carefully, but rather responded to the irritation of a few people with an interest in the issue. ‘ said.
He said the proposals mentioned in the letter have already been included in the bill.
Report by Supantha Mukherjee, who lives in Stockholm.Editing: Jamie Freed and David Evans
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