The European Union countries (EU) today supported an ambitious draft legislation to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (IA), which had been the subject of intense negotiations.
The Commission had presented a draft law on AI in April 2021.
The European Union and its plan to control Artificial Intelligence
“We are happy to announce that The ambassadors of the 27 EU countries unanimously confirmed the text of the proposal on common rules on AI“detailed the delegation of Belgium, which holds the semi-annual presidency of the bloc, according to the news agency AFP.
The European Commission (the executive arm of the EU) had presented its draft law on AI in April 2021, but the emergence of platforms like ChatGPTat the end of 2022, caused a complete change of stage.
What Artificial Intelligence can create
That technology can in just seconds produce dissertations, translations or complex poems, and this completely modified the dimension of the proposal. Besides, Similar systems can create images or soundsand experts quickly warned about the risks in terms of manipulation or circulation of false information.
Last December, the European Parliament and the members of the bloc They had reached a political agreement, but several countries raised questions that left the completion of the text uncertain.
The green light to consider the use of Artificial Intelligence
After consider the observations -mainly presented by Germany and France– the permanent representatives of the bloc’s countries in Brussels finally gave the final green light this Friday.
For its part, the European Commissioner for the Internal Marketo (responsible for this negotiation), Thierry Breton, said that the legislative bill package is “a world first.”
“The member states of the bloc approved the political agreement today, recognizing the balance found by the negotiators between innovation and security,” express.
Protection for companies and when the use of Artificial Intelligence would have a final vote
In these negotiations, Germany and France wanted the regulations to protect European companies specializing in AI.
Before this initiative is implemented, the European Parliament will have a final vote, which could happen in April. However, The regulations would not come into effect immediatelysince some of its articles will begin to be applied within six months, and others in two years.
Source: Ambito
