Japan will not penalize companies that fail to comply with its upcoming generative AI guidelines, a list of 10 principles on the use and development of AI, according to government and ruling coalition officials, as reported by The Japan Times.
Europe’s much-awaited AI Act is unlikely to pass regulation before December as lawmakers fail to agree on how to regulate so-called foundation models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Reuters reported this week, citing sources. One of the key challenges involves the
UPDATE: Kenya’s interior minister Kithure Kindik on Wednesday halted all activities of Worldcoin while the government investigates potential risks to public safety. Local media reports say over 350,000 Kenyans had signed-up to Worldcoin by Tuesday. Regulators in the UK, France
Hugging Face, GitHub, and others have called on the European Union to ease regulations to avoid crimping the development of open-source AI models, as Europe finalizes its AI Act. Creative Commons, EleutherAI, LAION, and Open Future also support the effort.
EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager says the metaverse does not need to be regulated because it does not pose any antitrust concerns at this time. Vestager’s comments come ahead of a presentation she will make to competition regulators this week,
OpenAI secretly lobbied the European Union (EU) to weaken large parts of its AI Act in order to reduce the company’s regulatory burden, according to a report from Time. In public, meanwhile, CEO Sam Altman travelled the world calling for
The European Parliament, the main legislative body of the European Union (EU), approved a proposed law that would regulate AI, making the 27-nation bloc possibly the first major economic power to put in place comprehensive rules for the technology. The
Artificial intelligence will be advanced enough to destroy humanity within two years, an advisor to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on AI has warned. As AI continues to progress, there is a growing apprehension about its potential impact on humanity,
The British Computer Society CEO Rashik Parmar believes that AI threats to humanity are overstated. He said concerns being expressed “play to the fears that most of society has” and have been shaped by popular science fiction films like Terminator
On Wednesday a top EU official said the European Union and United States expect to draft a voluntary code of conduct on artificial intelligence within weeks. The move comes amid concerns about the potential risks of AI on humanity, and
Microsoft has blamed Britain’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA) for “irrationally” blocking its $68.7 billion takeover of Call of Duty video game maker Activision. The tech giant announced its plan to acquire Activision to “bring the joy and community of
Facebook is set to be slammed by the Irish regulator as it prepares to punish the social media giant with a €746 million fine for mishandling user information, reports The Guardian. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, acting as the primary privacy
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