Meta Platforms will not sign the Code of Good Practices of AI presented by the European Commission considering that introduces a series of legal uncertainties for models developersas well as measures that go far beyond the scope of the law of AI, which It will slow down the development and implementation of avant -garde models in Europe and shave European companies.
“Europe is on a bad way in the field of AI,” said Joel Kaplan, director of Global Meta, advancing that, after carefully reviewing the code, the multinational directed by Mark Zuckerberg “will not sign it.”
In his opinion, the text introduces a series of “legal uncertainties” for models developers, as well as measures “that go far beyond the scope of the AI Law.”
Likewise, the Meta manager has indicated that companies and legislators throughout Europe have demonstrated against these regulationsremembering that, earlier than the month, 44 of the largest European companies, including Bosch, Siemens, SAP, Airbus and BNP, signed a letter asking the commission “to stop the clock in its application.”
“We share the concern of these companies that this overreach will stop the development and implementation of avant -garde models in Europe and stop European companies that seek to develop business based on them.”
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Last week, the European Commission presented a good practices guide designed by experts from the European Office of AI to accompany large companies in compliance with the first European standards to regulate the risks of artificial intelligence systems for general use, such as Chatgpt or Gemini, and that will come into force on August 2.
Are orientations will be voluntary for companies that subscribe the code of good practiceswhich still needs formal validation by both the community executive and 27.
The community executive maintains that the signatories of the Code will benefit from a lower administrative burden and greater legal certainty compared to suppliers that demonstrate compliance in other ways.
This Friday, the European Commission has published guidelines to help suppliers of general use models to fulfill the obligations of the AI Law that will enter into force on August 2, 2025. “The guidelines clarify these obligations, provide legal certainty to all agents of the AI value chain and complement the code of good practices of general use,” he explains.
“With today’s guidelines, the commission supports the fluid and effective application of the law of AI,” he said Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice President of Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracyadding that by providing legal certainty on the scope of the obligations of the law of AI for the suppliers of general use, “we are helping AI agents, from emerging companies to the main developers, to innovate with confidence, guaranteeing at the same time that their models are safe, transparent and are in line with European values.”