Artificial Intelligence (AI) has now become a consolidated reality, making the read about AI. These regulations are needed to address ethical issues, protect individual rights, ensure safety and security, establish responsibilities, promote economic considerations, and enable international harmonization. AI laws provide guidelines for one responsible development of AI, protect privacy, mitigate risk, hold individuals and organizations accountable, foster innovation, and facilitate global cooperation in the development and use of artificial intelligence technologies.
Google and the European Commission work together for an AI pact, anticipating international laws on artificial intelligence
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and the European Commission they are working together to create an AI pact that it will involve European companies and beyond. The goal is to establish a voluntary agreement among AI developers before the official regulations governing the technology take effect. This initiative occurs while Thierry breton, head of EU industry, meets Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, in Brussels. The urgency to act comes from concerns about the potentially disruptive impact of the rapid advancement of AI technology and the need to strike a balance between regulation and innovation.
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Thierry Breton highlighted the importance of proactively develop an AI pact on a voluntary basisrather than waiting for formal regulations to be implemented. The goal is to promote collaboration among AI developers to establish ethical guidelines and principles in line with society's expectations. Breton also has urged countries and EU lawmakers to speed up the finalization of AI rules proposed by the Commission before the end of the year.
Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, underlined the importance of collective action, stating that the universal rules for AI must be agreed voluntarily and promptly due to the rapid evolution of AI technology. The European Union and the United States are also working to strengthen collaboration to set minimum standards before legislation is enacted.
During discussions, Vera Jourova, Vice-President of the Commission, ha expressed concern to Pichai about the spread of pro-Kremlin war propaganda and disinformation on Google's platforms, highlighting the risks they pose to European and national elections. Pichai pledged to investigate the challenges faced by independent Russian media in monetizing their YouTube content in Russia.
