Europe challenges tech giants’ power with new AI laws
Key Points
- The EU has moved ahead of the US and elsewhere in starting to develop AI laws.
- ChatGPT maker OpenAI, has threatened to leave Europe.
- Use, such as law enforcement predicting criminal behaviour using analytics, would be banned.
- Companies would have to label AI-generated content.
- Firms would be made to publish what copyrighted data is used to train their AI tools.
Washington | European Union lawmakers on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) took a key step toward passing landmark restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence, putting Brussels on a collision course with American tech giants funnelling billions of dollars into the burgeoning technology.
The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved the EU AI Act, a sweeping package that aims to protect consumers from potentially dangerous applications of artificial intelligence.
Washington Post
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