Meta says it won’t sign the EU’s AI code of practice

Mita said on Friday that he would not sign the new artificial intelligence practices blog. The guidelines provide a framework for the European Union AI law, which regulates companies operating in the European Union.

European Union Practical Blog is voluntary, so the definition was not any legal commitment to sign it. However, Joel Kaplan, the chief global affairs official in Mita, has indicated public guidelines on Friday. He described the code as “excessive”.

“Europe is heading to the wrong path to artificial intelligence,” Kaplan published in a statement. “We have carefully reviewed the European Commission’s Practical Blog for Artificial Intelligence Models (GPAI) and this will not sign us. This symbol provides a number of legal uncertainty for models developers, as well as measures that exceed the AI law.”

Why is a (general) uproar about the lack of signature of something on the definition was not obligated to sign? Well, this is not the first time that the company has fought a battle of public relations against artificial intelligence regulations in Europe. It was previously called the artificial intelligence law “unpredictable”, claiming that he “goes very far” and he “hinders innovation and rejects developers.” In February, Meta General policy Director, “The clear result of all of this is that the products are delayed or abandoned by European citizens and consumers.”

The superiority of the European Union may seem more intended to reach the definition, given that it has an ally to combat the organization in the White House. In April, President Trump pressed the European Union to abandon the artificial intelligence law. He described the rules as “a form of taxes.”

The European Union published its practice blog on July 10. It includes concrete guidelines to help companies follow the artificial intelligence law. Among other things, companies prevent the code from training artificial intelligence on pirated materials and requires them to respect requests from writers and artists to delete their work from training data. The developers also require regularly updated documents describing the features of artificial intelligence.

Although signing the practice blog is voluntary, doing this has privileges. The agreement on this can give more legal protection against future accusations to violate the artificial intelligence law. Thomas Regneene, spokesperson for the European Commission for Digital Issues, added more colors in a statement to Bloomberg. He said that artificial intelligence providers who do not sign him “will have to show other means of compliance.” As a result, “they may be exposed to further organizational scrutiny.”

Companies that violate artificial intelligence law can face huge penalties. The European Commission can impose fines of up to seven percent of the company’s annual sales. Penalties are less than three percent for those who develop advanced artificial intelligence models.