EU agrees to landmark AI rules as governments aim to regulate products like ChatGPT

CNBC December 8, 2023
Ryan Browne

Key Points

– EU institutions have been hashing out proposals this week in an effort to come up with an agreement on how to regulate products like ChatGPT.

– Germany, France and Italy have opposed directly regulating generative AI models, known as “foundation models.”

The European Union on Friday agreed to landmark rules for artificial intelligence, in what’s likely to become the first major regulation governing the emerging technology in the western world.

Major EU institutions spent the week hashing out proposals in an effort to reach an agreement. Sticking points included how to regulate generative AI models, used to create tools like ChatGPT, and use of biometric identification tools, such as facial recognition and fingerprint scanning.

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