EU's Vestager sees draft code of conduct on AI within weeks
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European Commission Vice President Margrethe Vestager speaks during a news conference in Brussels, Belgium February 1, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/
LULEA, Sweden, May 31 (Reuters) - European Union tech chief Margrethe Vestager said she believed a draft voluntary code of conduct for generative AI could be drawn up "within the next weeks", with a final proposal for industry to sign up "very, very soon".
"Generative AI is a complete game-changer," Vestager, who is a vice president of the European Commission, told a news conference on Wednesday after a meeting of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council.
"Everyone knows this is the next powerful thing. So within the next weeks we will advance a draft of an AI code of conduct," she said, adding she hoped there would be a final proposal "very, very soon" that industry could sign up to.
Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop and Bart Meijer; Editing by Alison Williams
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