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.
