European executive chiefs urge Brussels to stop the law of artificial intelligence teacher

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Executive managers of large European companies, including Airbus and BNP Paribas Brussels, have urged the historical artificial intelligence law, as the European Union considers alleviating the main elements of the law to enter into force in August.

In an open message, seen in the Financial Times, the heads of 44 main companies on the continent called on the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layin, to enter a two -year pause, warning that unclear and overlapping regulations threaten the competitiveness of the mass in the global artificial intelligence race.

the letter He said that the complex rules of the European Union endangered “the aspirations of artificial intelligence in Europe are at risk, because they are at risk only the development of European champions, but also the ability of all industries to spread artificial intelligence on the scale required by global competition.” The joint posts also included French retail heads Carrefour and the Dutch health care group Phillips.

The European Union faced Intense pressure From the United States government and large technology as well as European groups due to the AI ​​law, it is considered the most strict system in the world regulating the development of rapid development technology.

The last effort to pressure comes at a time when Brussels held a meeting with large American technology groups on Wednesday to discuss a new draft reduced by its regulations.

The current debate is surrounded by the formulation of the “Practice Blog”, which will provide instructions to artificial intelligence companies on how to implement the law that applies to strong artificial intelligence models such as Google’s Gemini, Meta’s Llama and Openai’s GPT-4. Brussels has already been delayed spreading the code, which was scheduled to walk in May, and is now expected to reduce the rules.

The head of the European Union Technology, Hina Ferkkunin, said on Monday that Brussels puts the finishing touches on the practice blog before the deadline in August. “We will publish the practice blog before that to support our industry and small and medium -sized companies to comply with the law of artificial intelligence.”

Officials within the European Commission and in Various European countries Special discussion was discussed Complex schedule From the artificial intelligence law. While the legislation entered into force in August last year, many of its provisions come into effect in the coming years.

“This is a classic example of gonad gondom inflammation that does not take into account the most important thing for the industry, which is legal certainty,” said Patrick van Eiki, co -chair of Cole International Lawyer for Electronic Data, Data and Privacy.

A message from the executives, organized by the AI ​​Champions Initiative in the European Union – a body that represents 110 companies on the continent throughout the industries – said that the postponement will send “creators and investors all over the world a strong indication that Europe is serious in its simplification and competitiveness.”

He also criticized entrepreneurs in European technology – the adventurers who support them – artificial intelligence law. A separate joint speech signed of more than 30 founders and investment of artificial intelligence this week described as a “hasty bomb” legislation.

The founders of emerging companies are particularly concerned about the lack of clarity on how to organize artificial intelligence models for general purposes, for fear of a mixture of different rules in various member states that will be easier for major American technology companies that have deeply moving from smaller local companies.

A wide range of European companies has expressed concerns that the artificial intelligence law will make companies that use or integrate large language models into their information technology systems responsible for the same regulatory requirements such as large technology companies in controversial areas such as the responsibility of copyright.

Some companies also fear uncertainty about how the bases are implemented by member states that companies prevent the spread of artificial intelligence systems, and perhaps put them in a non -favorable position on competitors in the United States or China.

The European Commission said it was “completely committed to the main goals of the artificial intelligence law, which includes setting rules based on coordinated risk throughout the European Union and ensuring the safety of artificial intelligence systems in the European market”

But it added that the block is to simplify an coming to its digital rules, so “all options remain open to consider this stage.”