EU's von der Leyen backs AI slowdown, to invite frontier labs for talks
- On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced she will invite major AI frontier labs to discuss "how we can support ongoing industry efforts to pace the frontier."
- Von der Leyen cited security concerns, warning that frontier models could enable "hacking on a scale that we never thought possible" while falling into the hands of adversaries.
- Noting that the AI Act became enforceable in August, she highlighted the Commission's supervisory powers over risk-mitigation measures following industry calls to slow self-recursive models.
- The Commission will partner with "like-minded partners such as Canada, the UK and others" on model evaluation, verification, early warning, and AI security collaborations.
- While OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk support a slowdown, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg argued on Tuesday that market competition incentivizes labs to build safely.
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The warnings of Techbossen about the dangers of artificial intelligence were little appreciated by US President Trump. EU Commissioner von der Leyen sees things differently.
The warnings of Techbossen about the dangers of artificial intelligence were little appreciated by US President Trump. EU Commissioner von der Leyen sees things differently.
The European Union will bring together large companies in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support efforts in this sector aimed at slowing down the development of the most risky AI models, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday.
Ursula Von der Leyen backs AI slowdown in State of the Union address
In the speech she gave in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Ursula Von der Leyen agreed to the AI industry’s call for a slowdown. “The EU would arrange a discussion with the major AI labs on how public authorities can support the industry’s efforts to pace the frontier of this disruptive technology, ” the Commission president said, […] This story continues at The Next Web
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