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Two groups of lawmakers in the European Parliament have approved a provisional agreement on rules on artificial intelligence ahead of a legislative assembly vote in April, which would mark the world’s first legislation on the technology.
Tuesday the internal market and civil liberties The commissions approved the result of the negotiations with member states on the law on artificial intelligence with 71 votes against and 7 abstentions.
The European Parliament said in a press release that the regulation aims to protect fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability from high-risk artificial intelligence. However, it also aims to promote innovation and establish Europe as a leader in the field of artificial intelligence. The rules establish obligations for AI based on potential risks and level of impact.
“AI law takes a step forward: MEPs from @EP_Justice and @EP_SingleMarket have approved provisional agreement on an AI law that ensures security and respects fundamental rights,” said one of the two commissions of the European Parliament She said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The rules constitute guidelines for large language models, or LLMs for generative AI tools like the one developed by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)-supported by OpenAI.
In December 2023, EU countries and lawmakers provisionally agreed on rules to govern AI systems. Meanwhile, earlier this month, according to a Reuters report, France dropped its opposition to the AI law after securing conditions that balance transparency with company secrets and reduce the administrative burden on systems high-risk artificial intelligence.
Previously, the EU has pushed for a tougher stance on AI management, while Japan has sought a simpler approach, closer to what the United States has to boost economic growth. Southeast Asian nations have also adopted a more business-friendly approach to AI. China is also expected to launch an initiative to govern artificial intelligence from multiple angles. In October, US President Joe Biden issued an executive order to manage, among other things, the risks of artificial intelligence.
Generative AI services have become the talk of the town since the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT last year. Companies around the world are developing their own LLMs that can provide services such as content, image generation and voice, to name a few.
Emu Video from Meta Platforms (META), Emu Edit, AudioCraft, SeamlessM4T and Llama 2, Tongyi Qianwen 2.0 and Tongyi Wanxiang from Alibaba (BABA), Ernie Bot from Baidu (BIDU), OpenAI DALL’s text-to-image conversion tool E 3, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (GOOGL) Google’s Bard, Samsung’s (OTCPK:SSNLF) Gauss, Getty Images’ (GETY) model called Generative AI from Getty Images, and ElevenLabs’ AI tools for voice cloning, are some of the LLMs , among many, under development by companies.