Other issues include the definition of AI, fundamental rights impact assessment, law enforcement exceptions, and national security exceptions. There is also disagreement over the use of AI systems by law enforcement agencies for biometric identification in public spaces. Spain, which holds the EU presidency until the end of the year, has proposed compromises to expedite the process.
Key takeaways:
- EU lawmakers are struggling to agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, a type of generative AI, posing a threat to the proposed AI Act.
- Foundation models, or generative AI, have become the main hurdle in talks over the AI Act. These models are AI systems trained on large sets of data, with the ability to learn from new data to perform various tasks.
- France, Germany, and Italy are advocating for self-regulation of generative AI models, instead of having hard rules, which has been a major challenge in reaching an agreement.
- If an agreement is not reached, the act risks being shelved due to lack of time before European parliamentary elections next year. Other pending issues in the talks include the definition of AI, fundamental rights impact assessment, law enforcement exceptions, and national security exceptions.