The meta claims that it will not sign an artificial intelligence agreement, warning that “Europe is directing the wrong path on artificial intelligence.” . Code published by the EU on July 10 It is a voluntary set of guidelines that will aid companies follow the rules of the AI Act around general artificial intelligence before they come into force in a few weeks.
“We thoroughly analyzed the Code of Practice of the European Commission in the field of AI models (GPAI) and Meta did not sign”, head of global matters of META, head of global matters, Joel Kaplan, he said through a statement about LinkedIn. “This code introduces a number of legal uncertainty for programmers, as well as funds that go far beyond the scope of the AI Act.”
Although the Practice Code itself is not legally enforced, the EU claims that he signed the general suppliers of AI models will benefit from the “reduced administrative burden and increased legal certainty” compared to suppliers, who may otherwise be subject to greater regulatory control. Openai was announced Intends to sign the contract on July 11.
This is ahead of the AI Act rules coming into force on August 2 They require nationwide AI suppliers to seek training and security for their models as well as compliance with EU rights and national copyright regulations. The EU may be fine that violate AI’s operation up to seven percent of their annual sales.
Kaplan claims that Meta is afraid that a breakthrough body of the AI EU principles will act on the development and implementation of the border model in Europe, using European companies that are in line with the provisions of the block. These fears are reflected in the raising in the letter Signed by over 45 companies and organizations last monthIncluding Airbus, Mercedes-Benz, Philips and ASML, which called the EU to postpone the implementation of a breakthrough AI ACT regulation for two years in order to resolve compliance uncertainty.