The EU AI Act Newsletter #56: General-Purpose AI Rules

Members of the European Parliament sent a letter to the AI Office asking for greater inclusion of civil society and other stakeholders in the drafting of codes of practice for general-purpose AI.

Legislative Process

MEPs have questions about the codes of practice process: POLITICO's Morning Tech published a letter (unfortunately behind a paywall) by MEPs Brando Benifei, Svenja Hahn, Katerina Konečná, Sergey Lagodinsky, Kim Van Sparrentak, Axel Voss and Kosma Złotowski urging the EU's AI Office to include civil society in the drafting of rules for powerful AI models. In the letter, they express concern that the Commission plans initially to involve only AI model providers, potentially allowing them to define these practices themselves. The MEPs argue this approach could undermine the development of a robust, globally influential code of practice for general-purpose AI models. They stress the importance of an inclusive process involving diverse voices from companies [...]

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First published:
July 8th, 2024

Source:
https://artificialintelligenceact.substack.com/p/the-eu-ai-act-newsletter-56-general

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