The European Union penned a draft deal on comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) on Friday.
The European Union prided itself on being the first to hammer out a sweeping deal on comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) on Friday.Thierry Breton, commissioner for internal market of the European Union, went on X social media platform to hail the A.I. Act as encouraging innovation, harnessing potential benefits of the rapidly-advancing technology, while mitigating possible risks. EU lawmakers spent a lot of time seeking “the right balance between making the most of AI potential to support law enforcement while protecting our citizens’ fundamental rights,” he said in his X post, adding: “We do not want any mass surveillance in Europe.”Marathon talks spanning 37 hours and involving delegates from the European Commission, European Parliament, and 27 member countries were needed to come up with “controls” for generative AI tools such as those employed by ChatGPT, a popular chatbot by OpenAI, and Google’s answer to it – Bard. The reason why it took so long was the need for a careful balancing act.
