EU lawmakers pass AI bill, include copyright rules for generative AI

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After months of negotiations and two years after draft rules were proposed, European lawmakers have reached an agreement and passed an artificial intelligence (AI) bill, which would be the first set comprehensive laws relating to the regulation of AI. The next stage is called the trialogue, when EU lawmakers and member states negotiate the final details of the bill.

According to a report, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have upheld previous proposals to impose stricter obligations on foundation models, a subcategory of "general-purpose AI" that includes tools such as than ChatGPT. Under the proposals, companies that make generative AI tools like ChatGPT would have to disclose whether they used copyrighted material in their systems.

The report cites a significant last-minute change to the AI ​​Bill regarding generative AI models, which "should be designed and developed in accordance with EU law and fundamental rights, including freedom of expression".< /p>

“The AI ​​Act provides EU lawmakers with an opportunity to end the use of discriminatory and rights-infringing artificial intelligence (AI) systems,” said Mher Hakobyan, adviser for AI regulation at Amnesty International, in a blog post. .

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While various AI-related bills have been passed in the United States, it is broader government regulation - in the form of the European AI Act - that many industry players IA and the legal community were waiting.

Last December, Avi Gesser, a partner at Debevoise and Plimpton and co-chair of the firm's cybersecurity, privacy and artificial intelligence practice group, told VentureBeat that AI law was attempting to put in place a risk-based regimen to address the highest risks. risking AI outcomes, while striking a balance so laws don't restrict innovation.

"It's about recognizing that there will be low-risk use cases that won't require a heavy regulatory burden," he said. As with the privacy-focused GDPR, he explained, the EU AI law will be an example of a comprehensive European law coming into force and slowly spreading across various states and sectors…