TAKASAKI: Digital ministers of the G7 developed countries agreed on Sunday that “risk-based” regulations on artificial intelligence should be adopted. That’s because European lawmakers are rushing to introduce AI legislation to enforce rules on emerging tools like ChatGPT.
But such regulation should “maintain an open environment” for the development of AI technologies and be based on democratic values, G7 ministers said at the end of a two-day meeting in Japan. said in a joint statement.
Ministers acknowledged that “policy instruments to achieve the shared vision and goals of trustworthy AI may differ among G7 members,” but the agreement does not imply that major countries are concerned about privacy concerns and Set landmarks for how to manage AI among security risks.
“The conclusions of this G7 meeting show that we are not alone in this,” European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager told Reuters ahead of the deal.
The government has paid particular attention to the popularity of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by Microsoft Corp-backed OpenAI, which has been named the fastest-growing app in history since its launch in November. It is
According to a ministerial statement, “Future G7 discussions on generative AI could include topics such as governance, protection of intellectual property rights, including copyright, promotion of transparency, and tackling disinformation.” There is.
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G7 member Italy took ChatGPT offline last month to investigate possible violations of personal data rules.
Italy lifted its ban on Friday, but the move prompted other European privacy regulators to launch investigations.
On Thursday, EU lawmakers reached preliminary agreement on a new draft of the upcoming AI law, including copyright protection measures for generative AI. This is in response to calls on world leaders to convene a summit to manage such technology.
Vestager, the EU’s head of technical regulation, said the EU would “conclude a political agreement this year” on AI copyright laws, including the obligation to label AI-generated images and music.
Meanwhile, this year’s G7 presidency, Japan, has taken an accommodative approach to AI developers, pledging support for public and industrial adoption of AI.
Japan’s Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said he hoped the G7 would “agree on agile and flexible governance rather than preemptive and comprehensive regulation” of AI technology on Friday ahead of a ministerial meeting.
Top technology officials from the G7 from the UK, Canada, the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US will travel to Takasaki, a city about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northwest of Tokyo, following a meeting of energy and foreign ministers. gathered at this month.
Japan will host the G7 summit in Hiroshima in late May, where Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss AI rules with world leaders.
