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on the AI Act
Basis n°: CNECT/10501
Developing large European AI models in the EU would provide greater control over the data used
to train them, enhance transparency and data security and ensure that these AI models are
trustworthy. It could provide Europe with greater control over its technology and ensure that its AI
capabilities are not dependent on non-EU countries or companies.
4. AI Pact and Code of conduct
There is a sense of urgency to protect our citizens against the risks of this fast-developing
technology, therefore the Commission identified two related, short-term actions with regard to the
deployment and governance of Artificial Intelligence:
Firstly, the
AI Pact convening AI companies active on the EU market and seeking their
early implementation of key provisions of the AI Act in Europe, once it has been agreed by co-
legislators, to bridge the time until the provisions enter into application. Companies would have
to agree to frontload the implementation of key AI Act provisions on a voluntary basis.
Secondly, promoting, at
a global level, guardrails in particular for generative AI (i.e.
creating content like text), or advanced general-purpose AI models which bring about new
societal challenges that will need to be addressed as a matter of urgency. At the EU-US Trade
and Technology Council ministerial meeting in Luleå, it was discussed to work on this strand
and to feed into the G7 Hiroshima AI Process, agreed in Japan on 29-30 April (Code of
Conduct).
5. G7 Hiroshima AI Process
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Meeting with
on the AI Act
Basis n°: CNECT/10501
The Ministerial Declaration following the G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting of 30 April
included the intention to organise G7 discussions on generative AI.
personal data
The G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué of 20 May endorsed this, recognising “the need to
immediately take stock of the opportunities and challenges of generative AI” … “and encourage
international organizations such as the OECD to consider analysis on the impact of policy
developments and Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) to conduct practical projects.”
The G7 Leaders tasked relevant ministers to establish the Hiroshima AI Process, through a G7
working group in cooperation with the OECD and GPAI, for discussions on generative AI by the
end of this year.
The discussions could include governance, safeguard of intellectual property rights including
copyright, promotion of transparency, response to foreign information manipulation, including
disinformation, and responsible utilization of these technologies.
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