Governments race to regulate AI tools, Telecom News, ET Telecom

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT, are complicating government efforts to agree laws governing the use of technology.

Here are the latest steps taken by national and international governing bodies to regulate AI tools.

Australia

Seeking Regulatory Opinions

The government is consulting with Australia’s main scientific advisory bodies and considering next steps, a spokesperson for the industry and science minister said in April.

UK

Planning regulations

The Financial Conduct Authority, one of several state regulators tasked with developing new guidelines for AI, is working with the Alan Turing Institute and other legislation to better understand the technology. A spokeswoman told Reuters it was in talks with institutions and academic institutions.

The UK’s competition regulator announced on May 4 that it will launch an investigation into the impact of AI on consumers, businesses and the economy, and whether new regulation is needed.

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The UK announced in March that it planned to divide responsibility for managing AI among human rights, health, safety and competition regulators, rather than create a new agency.

China

Planning regulations

China’s cyberspace regulator in April released draft measures to govern generative AI services, saying it would require companies to submit security assessments to the authorities before making them generally available.

The Chinese government will assist major companies in building AI models that can challenge ChatGPT, the country’s Bureau of Economic and Information Technology announced in February.

european union

Planning regulations

EU technology chief Margrethe Vestager said on May 31 that the US and EU will require the AI ​​industry to adopt a voluntary code of conduct within months to provide a safe haven until new legislation is enacted. said it should be encouraged. Vestager said he believed “it could be drafted within the EU”. Next week,” he said, giving the industry a final offer to sign it “very soon.”

Leading EU lawmakers on May 11 agreed to draft tougher rules to curb generative AI, proposing a ban on face surveillance. The European Parliament is set to vote on the EU’s draft AI law in June.

EU lawmakers reached a tentative agreement in April on a draft that could pave the way for the world’s first comprehensive law governing the technology. Copyright protection is central to Block’s efforts to curb AI.

The European Data Protection Commission, which unites Europe’s national privacy watchdogs, established a task force on ChatGPT in April.

The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) has also joined its concerns about ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, calling on EU consumer protection agencies to investigate the technology and potential harm to individuals.

France

Investigate possible infringement

French privacy watchdog CNIL announced in April that it was investigating several complaints about ChatGPT after chat boxes were temporarily banned in Italy for alleged violations of privacy rules.

In March, the French parliament approved the use of AI video surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, ignoring warnings from civil rights groups.

G7

Seeking Regulatory Opinions

The G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 20, acknowledged the need for governance of AI and immersive technologies, and let ministers discuss the technology as the ‘Hiroshima AI Process’, reporting results by the end of 2023. agreed to let

G7 digital ministers said after a meeting in Japan in April that G7 countries should adopt “risk-based” regulations on AI.

Ireland

Seeking Regulatory Opinions

Generative AI needs to be regulated, but before rushing into ‘practically intolerable’ bans, governing bodies need to figure out how to regulate it properly, says Ireland’s data protection officer in April said to

Italy

Investigate possible infringement

Italy’s data protection authority Galante plans to consider other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a senior official said on May 22.

ChatGPT was made available to Italian users again in April after being temporarily banned in March over concerns by national data protection authorities.

Japan

Investigate possible infringement

Japan’s privacy watchdog announced on June 2 that it warned OpenAI not to collect sensitive data without people’s permission, and to minimize the sensitive data it collects, adding that if there are further concerns It added that further steps could be taken.

Spain

Investigate possible infringement

Spain’s Data Protection Agency announced in April that it was launching a preliminary investigation into a potential data breach by ChatGPT. It also asked the EU’s privacy watchdog to assess privacy concerns around ChatGPT, the agency told Reuters in April.

we

Seeking Regulatory Opinions

The Commissioner of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on May 3 will help the agency use existing laws to curb some of the dangers of AI, such as increasing the power of dominant corporations and ‘turbocharging’ fraud. said it does.

Senator Michael Bennett introduced a bill in April that would create a task force to review U.S. policy on AI and identify how best to mitigate threats to privacy, civil liberties, and due process.

The Biden administration announced in early April that it was soliciting public comment on possible accountability for AI systems.

President Joe Biden also told science and technology advisers that while AI could help tackle disease and climate change, it is also important to address potential risks to society, national security and the economy. said.

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