Technology behemoth Meta announced that it will not sign the European Union’s general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) code of practice on Friday, July 18th.
Joel Kaplan, the company’s chief global affairs officer, criticised the code as it
introduces a number of legal uncertainties for model developers as well as measures which go far beyond the scope of the AI Act.
The European Commission is aiming to rein in powerful AI models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and X’s Grok—tools that, at times, have behaved unpredictably. Instead of launching repeated investigations, the EU wants companies to agree to the bloc’s binding Artificial Intelligence Act.
While Brussels’ loyal media outlet Politico complains of “months of fierce lobbying from the tech industry,” BRICS nations are moving ahead with plans to integrate AI into journalism, research, and industrial policy. The gap between Western regulators and global innovators is growing ever wider.
