(Stockholm) The European Union and the United States announced on Wednesday a draft common “code of conduct” on artificial intelligence (AI) open to democratic countries, which would apply on a voluntary basis to the sector, when the great powers are working on regulation.
“In the coming weeks, we will present a draft code of conduct on artificial intelligence,” said European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, during a joint press conference in Sweden with the head of American diplomacy. Anthony Blinken.
It will be a question of “establishing voluntary codes of conduct which would be open to all like-minded countries”, specified the latter, at a time when Westerners fear to let China set the tone on regulation.
The idea is to have “very, very soon” a final proposal on which companies in the sector, dominated by American giants such as Microsoft, Meta or Google, “will be able to commit voluntarily”, specified Mr.me Vestager.
In the presence of the founder of the revolutionary chatbot ChatGPT Sam Altman, the issue of AI was one of the main topics of a meeting of the Council for Commerce and Technology (CCT) in Luleå in northern Sweden.
The body was created in 2021 between the 27 and Washington to turn the page on the trade disputes of the Trump years.
“The EU and the United States share the common view that artificial intelligence technologies bring great opportunities, but also pose risks to our societies,” the two major powers said in a final statement.
The European Union (EU) wants to be the first in the world to adopt a complete and mandatory legal framework to limit the excesses of artificial intelligence, but its entry into force will not happen before the end of 2025.
China also has regulatory plans, including a “safety inspection” of artificial intelligence tools.
As for Washington, despite numerous discussions, no mandatory project is currently on the table.
Americans and Europeans fear that Chinese standards will be imposed if the West does not unite.
A Euro-American roadmap within the framework of the CCT must make it possible “to identify the standards and the tools for a trustworthy AI”, underlined the EU and the United States on Wednesday.