EU is lobbying Asian countries to follow its lead artificial intelligence New rules for tech firms to adopt include copyright and disclosure of AI-generated content, according to senior officials in the European Union and Asia.
He said the European Union and its member states have sent officials to negotiate with at least 10 Asian countries, including India, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and the Philippines, on controlling the use of AI.
The Block aims to make its proposed AI Act a global benchmark on the growing technology and the way its data protection laws have helped shape global privacy standards.
However, the effort to convince Asian governments of the need for tougher new rules is getting a lukewarm reception, seven people familiar with the discussions told Reuters.
Many countries favor a “wait and see” approach or are leaning towards more flexible regulatory regimes.
The officials asked not to be named because the discussions, the extent of which has not been previously reported, were confidential.
Singapore, one of Asia’s leading tech hubs, prefers to see how technology develops before adopting local regulations, an official in the city-state told Reuters. Officials in Singapore and the Philippines expressed concern that too hasty regulation could stifle AI innovation.
As Reuters reported last month, the Southeast Asian country is drawing up voluntary guidelines. Japan, for its part, is leaning toward softer rules than the stricter approach favored by the European Union, as it looks to the technology to spur economic growth and become a leader in advanced chips.
Dutch Digital Minister Alexandra van Huffelen told Reuters in an interview that the efforts in Asia are part of a global effort by European countries that includes talks with countries such as Canada, Turkey and Israel.
“We are trying to figure out how we can copy, apply and reflect regulation from the EU… as it is with the GDPR,” van Huffelen told the EU General Secretary late last month. Referring to the Data Protection Regulation, it was said. Data Privacy Policy.
The emergence of AI has been seen as a breakthrough that will usher in an era of rapid advances in science and technology, revolutionizing all aspects of human activity, but has also been portrayed as an existential threat Is.
EU lawmakers in June agreed a pioneering set of draft rules that would make companies chatgpt operator OpenAI Reveal AI-generated content, help distinguish so-called deep fake images from real, and ensure safeguards against illegal content.
The proposed law, which also envisages financial penalties for breaches of the rules, is facing opposition from companies, with 160 executives last month signing a letter warning it would harm Europe’s competitiveness, investment And can jeopardize innovation.
Still, officials in the European Union, which has signed “digital partnerships” with Japan, South Korea and Singapore, express optimism that they can find common ground with international partners to advance cooperation on technologies including AI. Are.
“Our mission is again to make sure that what’s happening in the EU, which is our big business,” Thierry Breton, EU industry chief, told Reuters during a visit to South Korea and Japan to discuss AI and semiconductors. The constituency is, if I may say so, safe.” ,
“I believe it probably won’t be too far from each other because we share similar values,” Breton said of the regulation of AI in countries like the European Union and Japan.
Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) economies, made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States and the European Union, in May called for the adoption of standards to create “trustworthy” AI. Established a ministerial forum called the “Hiroshima AI Process”.
A South Korean official said after meeting with Breton that Seoul would continue to discuss AI regulation with the EU, but was more interested in what the G7 was doing.
Van Huffelen told Reuters that the EU plans to use the upcoming G20 meetings to advance global cooperation on AI, particularly with the 2023 presidency of India.
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