Governments race to regulate AI tools
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[June 02, 2023]
(Reuters) - Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI)
such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI's ChatGPT are complicating governments'
efforts to agree laws governing the use of the technology.
Here are the latest steps national and international governing bodies
are taking to regulate AI tools:
AUSTRALIA
* Seeking input on regulations
The government is consulting Australia's main science advisory body and
is considering next steps, a spokesperson for the industry and science
minister said in April.
BRITAIN
* Planning regulations
The Financial Conduct Authority, one of several state regulators that
has been tasked with drawing up new guidelines covering AI, is
consulting with the Alan Turing Institute and other legal and academic
institutions to improve its understanding of the technology, a
spokesperson told Reuters.
Britain's competition regulator said on May 4 it would start examining
the impact of AI on consumers, businesses and the economy and whether
new controls were needed.
Britain said in March it planned to split responsibility for governing
AI between its regulators for human rights, health and safety, and
competition, rather than creating a new body.
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CHINA
* Planning regulations
China's cyberspace regulator in April unveiled draft measures to manage
generative AI services, saying it wanted firms to submit security
assessments to authorities before they launch offerings to the public.
Beijing will support leading enterprises in building AI models that can
challenge ChatGPT, its economy and information technology bureau said in
February.
EUROPEAN UNION
* Planning regulations
The U.S. and EU should push the AI industry to adopt a voluntary code of
conduct within months to provide safeguards while new laws are
developed, EU tech chief Margrethe Vestager said on May 31. Vestager
said she believed a draft could be drawn up "within the next weeks",
with a final proposal for industry to sign up "very, very soon".
Key EU lawmakers on May 11 agreed on tougher draft rules to rein in
generative AI and proposed a ban on facial surveillance. The European
Parliament will vote on the draft of the EU's AI Act in June.
EU lawmakers had reached a preliminary deal in April on the draft that
could pave the way for the world's first comprehensive laws governing
the technology. Copyright protection is central to the bloc's effort to
keep AI in check.
The European Data Protection Board, which unites Europe's national
privacy watchdogs, set up a task force on ChatGPT in April.
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has joined in the concern
about ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, calling on EU consumer protection
agencies to investigate the technology and the potential harm to
individuals.
FRANCE
* Investigating possible breaches
France's privacy watchdog CNIL said in April it was investigating
several complaints about ChatGPT after the chatbox was temporarily
banned in Italy over a suspected breach of privacy rules.
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France's National Assembly approved in March the use of AI video
surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, overlooking warnings from
civil rights groups.
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G7
* Seeking input on regulations
Group of Seven leaders meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, acknowledged on
May 20 the need for governance of AI and immersive technologies and
agreed to have ministers discuss the technology as the "Hiroshima AI
process" and report results by the end of 2023.
G7 nations should adopt "risk-based" regulation on AI, G7 digital
ministers said after a meeting in April in Japan.
IRELAND
* Seeking input on regulations
Generative AI needs to be regulated, but governing bodies must work
out how to do so properly before rushing into prohibitions that
"really aren't going to stand up", Ireland's data protection chief
said in April.
ITALY
* Investigating possible breaches
Italy's data protection authority Garante plans to review other
artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top
official said on May 22.
ChatGPT became available again to users in Italy in April after
being temporarily banned over concerns by the national data
protection authority in March.
JAPAN
* Investigating possible breaches
Japan's privacy watchdog said on June 2 it has warned OpenAI not to
collect sensitive data without people's permission and to minimise
the sensitive data it collects, adding it may take further action if
it has more concerns.
SPAIN
* Investigating possible breaches
Spain's data protection agency said in April it was launching a
preliminary investigation into potential data breaches by ChatGPT.
It has also asked the EU's privacy watchdog to evaluate privacy
concerns surrounding ChatGPT, the agency told Reuters in April.
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U.S.
* Seeking input on regulations
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's chief said on May 3 the agency
was committed to using existing laws to keep in check some of the
dangers of AI, such as enhancing the power of dominant firms and "turbocharging"
fraud.
Senator Michael Bennet introduced a bill in April that would create
a task force to look at U.S. policies on AI, and identify how best
to reduce threats to privacy, civil liberties and due process.
The Biden administration had earlier in April said it was seeking
public comments on potential accountability measures for AI systems.
President Joe Biden has also told science and technology advisers
that AI could help to address disease and climate change, but it was
also important to address potential risks to society, national
security and the economy.
(Compiled by Amir Orusov and Alessandro Parodi in Gdansk; editing by
Jason Neely, Kirsten Donovan and Milla Nissi)
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