Meta has declined to sign the EU's Code of Practice regarding general-purpose AI, citing legal uncertainties that exceed the intended AI Act's scope. The European Code is a new voluntary framework aiming to aid compliance with AI regulations. It mandates companies to regularly document their AI use, prohibits training on pirated content, and requires developers to comply with content ownership requests. Meta's chief global affairs officer argues this legislation will impede AI's innovative potential and harm European enterprises reliant on AI technologies.
Europe is heading down the wrong path on AI. We have carefully reviewed the European Commission's Code of Practice for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and Meta won't be signing it. This Code introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers, as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act.
Calling the EU's implementation of the legislation 'over-reach,' Kaplan claimed that the law will 'throttle the development and deployment of frontier AI models in Europe, and stunt European companies looking to build businesses on top of them.'
The EU's code of practice aims to help companies implement processes and systems to comply with the bloc's legislation for regulating AI, requiring regular updates and documentation on AI tools and banning training on pirated content.
The AI Act bans some 'unacceptable risk' use cases outright, such as cognitive behavioral manipulation or social scoring, and defines a set of 'high-risk' uses, such as biometrics and facial recognition.
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