On September 19, 2024, a number of company representatives including representatives of Méta (Facebook), Spotify, SAP published an open letter addressed to the European Commission to ask it to relax its regulations in order to “ unlock the full development potential of generative artificial intelligence systems.” This letter contains thinly veiled threats against our privacy. Article reserved for subscribers
Columnist By Jacques Folon Published on 09/28/2024 at 5:00 p.m. Reading time: 5 min
This is not the first time that large American platforms have complained about the abundance of regulations that would slow down their development. And they are not the only ones, Europeans also rightly criticize this regulatory excess. This open letter, as hell, seems to be paved with good intentions and intended to help Europe wake up and understand the new artificial intelligence market.
According to the open letter, “Europe has become less competitive and less innovative compared to other regions, and now risks falling further behind in the era of Artificial Intelligence due to inconsistent regulatory decisions.” . Fortunately, these companies are so committed to the development of Europe that it seems necessary to remind the European institutions of the need to develop European competitiveness and this in a completely disinterested way, of course.
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