EU Unveils New Rules for Powerful AI Systems

European Union officials unveiled new rules on Thursday to regulate artificial intelligence.

- ADAM SATARIANO

Makers of the most powerful AI systems will have to improve transparency, limit copyright violations and protect public safety. The rules, which are voluntary to start, come during an intense debate in Brussels about how aggressively to regulate a new technology seen by many leaders as crucial to future economic success in the face of competition with the United States and China. Some critics accused regulators of watering down the rules to win industry support.

The guidelines apply only to a small number of tech companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google that make so-called general-purpose AI.