Many in the industry have been increasingly apprehensive about the potential impact of the EU’s AI rules, raising concerns over compliance costs, operational hurdles, and possible constraints on innovation.
“We remain concerned that the AI Act and Code risk slowing Europe’s development and deployment of AI,” Kent Walker, president of global affairs at Google, wrote in a blog post. “In particular, departures from EU copyright law, steps that slow approvals, or requirements that expose trade secrets could chill European model development and deployment, harming Europe’s competitiveness.”
Earlier this month, Meta said it would not endorse the code, criticizing the bloc’s regulatory efforts as excessive and warning that the region was taking a misguided approach to overseeing AI.
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