The rules will cover high-impact, general-purpose AI models and high-risk AI systems which will have to comply with specific transparency obligations and EU copyright laws.

“I welcome the overwhelming support from the European Parliament for the EU AI Act, the world’s first comprehensive, binding framework for trustworthy AI. Europe is now a global standard-setter in trustworthy AI,” EU industry chief Thierry Breton said… More

2018: Google CEO: “AI is More Profound than fire or electricity“

“Google CEO Sundar Pichai [in 2018 said] artificial intelligence is going to have a bigger impact on the world than some of the most ubiquitous innovations in history.

“AI is one of the most important things humanity is working on. It is more profound than, I don’t know, electricity or fire,” says Pichai, speaking at a town hall event in San Francisco in January

My View on A.I.
The Ezra Klein Show. “Will billions lose their jobs? Of course…”

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“This is something a bit different: Not an interview, but a commentary of my own.
We’ve done a lot of shows on A.I. of late, and there are more to come. On Tuesday, GPT-4 was released, and its capabilities are stunning, and in some cases, chilling. More on that in [this] episode. But I wanted to take a moment to talk through my own views on A.I. and how I’ve arrived at them. I’ve come to believe that we’re in a potentially brief interregnum before the pace of change accelerates to a rate that is far faster than is safe for society. —EK

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