EU unveils AI code of practice to help businesses comply with bloc’s rules
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press Business Writer LONDON AP The European Union on Thursday disclosed a code of practice on general purpose artificial intelligence to help thousands of businesses in the -nation bloc using the system comply with the bloc s landmark AI rule book The EU code is voluntary and complements the EU s AI Act a comprehensive set of regulations that was approved last year and is taking effect in phases The code focuses on three areas transparency requirements for providers of AI models that are looking to integrate them into their products copyright protections and safety and defense of the preponderance advanced AI systems The AI Act s rules on general purpose artificial intelligence are set to take force on Aug The bloc s AI Office under its executive Commission won t start enforcing them for at least a year Related Articles Rubio says U S and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks UN says if US funding for HIV programs is not replaced millions more will die by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survives a confidence vote In current times in History July the Battle of Britain begins in World War II US issues sanctions against UN investigator probing abuses in Gaza General purpose AI exemplified by chatbots like OpenAI s ChatGPT can do plenty of different tasks and underpin countless of the AI systems that companies are using across the EU Under the AI Act uses of artificial intelligence face different levels of scrutiny depending on the level of liability they pose with chosen uses deemed unacceptable banned entirely Violations could draw fines of up to million euros million or of a company s global revenue Certain Big Tech companies such as Meta have resisted the regulations saying they re unworkable and U S Vice President JD Vance speaking at a Paris summit in February criticized excessive regulation of AI warning it could kill a transformative industry just as it s taking off More in recent times more than European companies including Airbus Mercedes-Benz Philips and French AI startup Mistral urged the bloc in an open letter to postpone the regulations for two years They say more time is needed to simplify unclear overlapping and increasingly complex EU regulations that put the continent s competitiveness in the global AI race at danger There was no sign that Brussels was prepared to stop the clock In the present day s publication of the final version of the Code of Practice for general-purpose AI marks an key step in making the the greater part advanced AI models available in Europe not only innovative but also safe and transparent the commission s executive vice president for tech sovereignty precaution and democracy Henna Virkkunen revealed in a news release
