The US Secretary of Homeland Security is reportedly concerned about the European Union’s approach to AI regulation.
Outgoing U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview with the Financial Times (FT) on Thursday (December 19) that Europe’s “adversarial” relationship with tech companies has been linked to artificial intelligence (AI). He said it was hampering broader efforts to regulate the country. .
He said the US and Europe were not in a “strong position” due to differences in how they approached regulation, and stressed the need for “harmonization” across the Atlantic. Mayorkas also expressed concern that the relationship between governments and tech companies is “more adversarial” in Europe than in the United States.
“Different governance over a single item creates the potential for anarchy, and anarchy creates vulnerabilities from a safety and security perspective,” he said, adding that companies will also have difficulty navigating cross-jurisdictional regulations. He added that it would be.
This year, the European Union (EU) introduced an AI law. As the FT points out, this is considered the world’s toughest artificial intelligence regulation. The law features restrictions on “high-risk” AI systems and regulations aimed at increasing transparency in how data is used by AI companies.
The UK government also plans to introduce legislation to force AI companies to access models for safety assessments.
The UK government also launched a consultation this week to clarify copyright laws regarding the use of protected material in training AI models. Its objectives include increasing transparency between creators and AI developers, developing a licensing framework for the use of copyrighted materials, and ensuring broad access to high-quality data for AI innovation. is to deal with the problem.
“These proposals will help unlock the full potential of the AI sector and creative industries, driving innovation, investment and prosperity across the country,” the government said in a news release.
Meanwhile, US President-elect Donald Trump has promised to rescind his predecessor Joe Biden’s AI executive order to establish a secure laboratory to voluntarily test AI models. President Trump also named David Sachs, a venture capitalist and prominent critic of tech regulation, as the czar of AI and cryptocurrencies.
Mayorkas told the FT that he did not know whether US safety labs would “survive” under the Trump administration, but that prescriptive laws would “suffocate and damage US leadership” in the rapidly evolving AI industry. It warned that there was a possibility that the
