Meta announced that it would not sign the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct for normal purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) models last week. Earlier this month, the European Commission said it had received the final version of the GPA Code of Practice, a voluntary tool that aims to help the industry comply with the AI Act rules, the first of which is implemented on August 2. Menlo Park -based Tech Dev refused to sign the code, citing “numerous legal uncertainty for model developers”.
Meta Chief Global Affairs Officer Joel Kapilin announced the company’s intention not to sign the GPAI Code of Practice in the LinkedIn post. He said the decision was made after a close review of the document, and added, “Europe is on the wrong path on AI.”
The GPAI Code of Practice contains three chapters, namely transparency, copyright, and safety and safety. This document covers the guidelines for the preparation of the user -friendly model document form, complying with the European Union’s copyright law, and ensuring that large language models (LLM) do not have systematic risks to basic rights and safety. Basically, the Code of Conduct is designed to become an early place to prepare AI Act for companies for itself, and is not legally viable.
Kapilin criticized the Code of Conduct to move beyond the scope of the AI Act. In particular, several companies in Europe, including Airbus, Lifhansa, Mercedes -Benz, Philips, Siemens Energy, and others, have signed an open letter emphasizing “stopping the clock” on the EC Act.
The company added in the post that the company shares the concerns raised from these businesses, the Meta -Executive added. He said “reaching the limit” by the European Union will prevent the development and deployment of Frontier AI model in Europe. Interestingly, the Open has already announced its intention to sign the code of conduct.
Despite the protests, the EC has allegedly announced that the AI Act will be prepared according to the previous joint timeline. “I really, a lot of reporting, a lot of letters and a lot of things are being said on the AI Act. Let me be as clear as possible, there is no time to stop the clock. There is no interval. There is no interval,” the commission’s spokesman was quoted by Regioner.
