the EU and the United States announce the forthcoming publication of a common “code of conduct”

The European Union and the United States announced on Wednesday May 31 a draft joint “code of conduct” on artificial intelligence (AI) “in the next weeks”. This would apply voluntarily to the sector, at a time when the major powers are working on regulation.

The announcement was made by European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, during a joint press conference with the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, aftera meeting of the Council for Trade and Technology (CCT) in Luleå, northern Sweden. It will be“to establish voluntary codes of conduct that would be open to all like-minded countries”said the latter, at a time when Westerners fear letting China give the lead on regulation.

The idea is to have “very, very soon” a final proposal on which companies in the sector, dominated by American giants like Microsoft, Meta or Google, “may voluntarily engage”said Margrethe Vestager.