these are the territories that are already proposing laws to regulate artificial intelligence
Europe has already drafted its proposed AI law and is now awaiting approval by the European Parliament. Meanwhile, in the United States, they are further behind and are having some disagreements on how to approach regulations. There are officials who agree with the EU proposals and others who believe the rules should be less aggressive. Now, another third track has been added: that of Japan.
The EU, the first to try to regulate, is running late.
Margethe Vestager, executive vice president of the European Commission, noted that the continent’s proposed law was late: “At best it will take effect in two and a half to three years. That, obviously, is too late. We need to act now“. However, the EU will probably be the first entity to regulate.
According to the policy, the regulations will allow users to become “much more comfortable” with Artificial Intelligence and the way it is “developing at astonishing speeds.”
In a meeting at Moncloa, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and DALL-E, noted that he saw regulation in big AI as a good thing. However, he disagreed with doing so for those that did not yet pose a threat.
In fact, he acknowledged that, if they did not see themselves capable of meeting the standards that would be applied, they would end up leaving Europe.
U.S. willing to regulate
Joe Biden’s Administration also announced that it would apply restrictions, but part of the regulators consider that those of the EU are too strict. To defend their position, they say that the old continent’s rules slow down the development of AI, which, to a large extent, is taking place in their country. and is catapulting them to the top of the sector.
Japan, on behalf of the U.S.
The latest territory to join in this need to regulate in the face of rapidly advancing AI has been Japan, with a draft called. ‘Integrated Innovation Strategy for 2023’. According to Japan News, it intends to apply less harsh regulation than the EU to promote the use of AI and encourage its development in the country, but to solve problems related to copyright and personal data.
One of Japan’s plans is to ‘ally’ with the U.S. by creating the Global Startup Campuswhich would be an R&D center to provide ‘open science’ at both sites. In addition, in the draft, they talk about how AI can boost productivity and solve social problems.
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