The European Union (EU) and the United States are ready to strengthen their cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) in order to establish minimum standards before the implementation of legislation in this area, Margrethe Vestager said on Tuesday. , European Commissioner for Competition and responsible for technology issues within the EU.
The draft EU law on artificial intelligence could become the first piece of legislation in the world to set out a comprehensive framework for this technology, with new rules on facial recognition and biometric surveillance. EU governments and MEPs have yet to agree on a common text.
Margrethe Vestager, vice-president of the European Commission, told a briefing on Tuesday that this process could be completed by the end of the year.
Entry into force would then take “one or even two years”, she said, “which means we need something to bridge that period of time”.
The former Danish minister indicated that AI will be one of the focus areas of the fourth ministerial meeting of the Trade and Technology Council (TCC), which will be held in Sweden on May 30-31.
“We share the same sense of urgency. To get the most out of this technology, safeguards are necessary,” she said, wishing to discuss the establishment of “minimum” requirements for companies before the rest of the legislative process.
Margrethe Vestager is due to discuss AI on Wednesday with Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.
For his part, French President Emmanuel Macron receives Sam Altman, general manager of the company OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT, this Tuesday at the Élysée.
The conversation will revolve around the role of France and Europe in the race for artificial intelligence, according to the services of the presidency.
Meeting at a summit in Japan, the leaders of the G7 countries on Saturday called for the development of technical standards to keep AI “trustworthy” and instructed their relevant ministers to set up a working group by the end of the day. end of the year.