He G7 will create an international code of conduct to minimize the risks of artificial intelligence (AI).
This Thursday, representatives of Germany, Canada, USA, France, Italy, Japan and United Kingdom They reached an agreement to develop a unified regulation that the digital affairs ministers of those countries will finalize in a virtual meeting scheduled for November or December.
The code of conduct will ask large companies that promote the development of AI to commit to taking measures to stop the social impact of this technology emerging, as well as creating risk management systems and investing more in risk controls. cybersecurity.
“We recognize the need to manage new risks and challenges for people, society and democratic values, and to take advantage of the benefits and opportunities offered by advanced AI systems,” highlights a G7 statement published on Thursday. “We are committed to developing guiding principles and an international code of conduct for organizations.”
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However, the G7 proposal is problematic, since this regulation will not be binding. Thus, technological giants like Alphabet (Google), Microsoft either Goal (Facebook) will have no obligation to comply with the measures established by the forum that brings together some of the largest world powers.
Even so, the gesture of the G7 shows the winds of regulation that blow against the technology industry. Last June, the European Parliament approved the draft law with which Brussels aims to regular the AI, classifying and restricting their uses according to the risks they entail. The European Union It will thus become the first region in the world to establish a legal framework to control this increasingly widespread technology. In USAlegislators are still in an initial phase of consultations for future regulation in which the heavyweights of the sector are trying to influence.