Chicago — The European Union was already making rules on use of artificial intelligence in 2021, until something changed that caused them to rethink everything.
With the recent development of generative A.I., like people plugging prompts into a computer to make their own pictures, that immediately raised a huge issue with the E.U., who already had made a rulebook around A.I. back in 2021.
Earlier this month, the E.U. seemed to land on a tentative agreement on what they call the “A.I. Act,” after some backlash from tech industry lobby groups. “Today’s political deal marks the beginning of important and necessary technical work on crucial details of the AI Act, which are still missing,” stated Daniel Friedlaender, the head of the European Office of the Computer and Communications Industry Association, one of those lobby groups. Try saying that 10 times fast.
Anu Bradford, a Columbia law professor and expert on EU law and digital regulation, said the new rules on A.I.: “can set a powerful example for many governments considering regulation.”
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