CALIFORNIA: Technology executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman have expressed support for government oversight of artificial intelligence after talks with European Commissioner Thierry Breton.
The commissioner said on Friday that he and Metaplatform CEO Mark Zuckerberg were “in agreement” on the EU’s artificial intelligence regulation, which is currently in final negotiations. Breton said the two countries agreed on a risk-based approach to blocks and measures like watermarks.
Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said he himself agrees with the EU’s approach to AI, saying: “I want the European institutions here and the rest of the world to take this issue seriously. I really appreciate the foresight,” he added.
“We are looking forward to working with you to ensure a well-prepared and compliant European service for the European market,” Altmann told Breton. OpenAI has developed the popular chatbot ChatGPT. This has led to strong interest in the potential of generative AI, a technology that generates text and images in response to user prompts.
Meta’s president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, said the company “shares our support for the purpose of the AI Pact.” While we need to explore the details, we recognize the importance of being open about what technology companies are doing around AI and working collaboratively across industry, government and civil society. ”
Friday’s discussion was part of Breton’s tour of tech companies this week. Bretton said after his visit to Meta that Facebook and Instagram owners seemed well prepared to meet Europe’s strict new content moderation rules, but that they will be stress-testing their systems next month. Stated.
He said Meta provided “a lot of information” about its efforts to comply with the European Union’s digital services law, but was also willing to accept the stress test “just to make sure you don’t forget anything.”
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Meta’s CEO was interested in future testing of how the company’s platform would handle the upcoming competition rules laid down by the EU’s digital market law. Companies must self-certify as gatekeepers for certain core platform services on July 3rd.
Bretton also said he had asked Zuckerberg to increase resources to combat disinformation, particularly Russian disinformation in Eastern Europe about the war in Ukraine. He also discussed The Wall Street Journal’s report of child predators targeting children on Meta’s Instagram photo-sharing site.
In a tweet, Clegg said it was a “constructive” conversation. “We invited his team to our campus in Dublin to see how they were stress testing the process prior to implementation,” he said.
Separately, Breton discussed artificial intelligence with Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Corp., the world’s most valuable chipmaker and market leader in supplying processors for AI. After the sit-in, Huang told reporters that it was “very likely” that Nvidia would invest in Europe.
On Thursday, Bretton met with Twitter owner Elon Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino to discuss the social media site if it wants to comply with EU rules ahead of the August deadline. told reporters it needed to devote more resources to dealing with sensitive content.
