The EU has harmonised the basic rules governing the use of artificial intelligence, particularly on the use of AI by governments for biometric surveillance, and has established principles for the regulation of AI systems such as ChatGPT.
ChatGPT and GPAI: New Transparency Obligations Revealed
The agreement requires baseline models such as ChatGPT and general purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) systems to adhere to transparency obligations before entering the market. Appropriate technical documentation, compliance with EU copyright law and detailed reporting on the content used for training are required.
Baseline models with systemic risk will be required to conduct model assessments, assess and mitigate systemic risks, conduct competitive testing, report to the European Commission on major incidents, ensure cybersecurity and report on their own energy efficiency.
Governments can only use real-time biometric surveillance in public places when searching for victims of certain crimes, preventing real, present or perceived threats such as terrorist attacks, and searching for people suspected of the most serious offences.
Cognitive Manipulation Banned: How Will This Change the Internet?
The agreement prohibits cognitive manipulation of behaviour, the non-targeted removal of facial images from the internet or CCTV footage, social assessment systems and biometric categorisation to determine political, religious, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation and race.
Consumers will have the right to complain and receive meaningful explanations, and fines for breaches will range from €7.5m or 1.5 per cent of turnover to €35m or 7 per cent of a company’s global turnover.
Market players are not excited about yet another regulation, recalling the implementation of GDPR.
Not too specific requirements and again penalties. The document is expected to be prepared and adopted early next year.
Dynamic areas are becoming more and more regulated. Will this entail more standardisation or on the contrary negatively affect the areas of application. We shall see.
