In order to ensure the "trustworthiness" of general artificial intelligence (GPAI), the European Union has officially launched a rule consultation for GPAI providers. This consultation aims to help developers comply with the upcoming EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) and formulate a code of conduct for the future development of GPAI. The consultation targets include GPAI providers, enterprises, civil society representatives, rights holders and academic experts, etc., and strives to collect opinions extensively to ensure the comprehensiveness and rationality of the rules. This action reflects the EU’s positive stance in the field of artificial intelligence regulation and also provides a useful reference for global artificial intelligence governance.
Recently, the European Union officially launched a rule consultation for providers of general artificial intelligence models (GPAI). These providers include well-known artificial intelligence companies such as Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI. This consultation is to provide developers with guidance on how to comply with legal obligations under the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) to ensure the "trustworthiness" of GPAI.
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According to the plan, the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act will officially take effect on August 1, but the compliance period for the implementation of the act will be carried out in stages, and the relevant code of conduct will take effect nine months later, that is, by April 2025. . This gives the EU ample time to develop relevant guidelines.
Through this consultation, the European Commission hopes to solicit opinions from GPAI providers, businesses, civil society representatives, rights holders and academic experts. "This consultation provides an opportunity for all stakeholders to express their views on the topics covered in the first code of conduct," the committee said. In addition, the feedback will assist related work, especially in the development of GPAI model training Templates for content summaries and related guidance.
The consultation questionnaire is divided into three parts, of which the first part involves GPAI’s transparency and copyright-related provisions; the second part focuses on the risk classification, assessment and mitigation rules of GPAI with systemic risks; the third part discusses the review of GPAI’s code of conduct and monitoring. The committee said it would develop an initial draft code of conduct based on feedback submitted and answers to targeted questions.
Those participating in the consultation have the opportunity to influence the templates provided by the Office of AI to GPAI providers to help them meet legal requirements for providing summaries of model training content. In addition, the AI Office also issued a letter of intent to participate in the drafting of the code of conduct, inviting qualified GPAI providers, downstream providers and independent experts from other stakeholder organizations and academia to participate.
Interested parties can submit expressions of interest to participate before August 25. The AI Office also plans to organize workshops to facilitate participants to communicate with the moderator and co-moderator of the meeting to provide information support for subsequent drafting. The AI Office will ensure transparency in these discussions and will make minutes available for review by all participants.
The consultation and development of the code of conduct respond to previous concerns that civil society organizations may be excluded, and the European Commission said that all relevant parties are encouraged to participate.
Highlights:
1. ? The European Union launched a consultation to formulate general artificial intelligence rules to ensure its "trustworthiness."
2. ? The consultation questionnaire covers three parts: transparency, risk assessment and monitoring, and extensively solicits opinions from all parties.
3. ? The AI Office invites various stakeholders to participate in drafting the code of conduct to ensure a transparent process.
The EU's move aims to balance artificial intelligence development and risk management and set an example for global artificial intelligence governance, which deserves attention and reference. In the future, this EU initiative and its subsequent impact will have a profound impact on the development of the global artificial intelligence industry.