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Context

• Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree on laws governing the use of the technology 

STEPS TAKEN

Here are the latest steps national and international governing bodies are taking to regulate AI tools:

AUSTRALIA

Seeking input on regulations

• The government requested advice on how to respond to AI from Australia’s main science advisory body and is considering next steps.

BRITAIN

Planning regulations

• Britain said it planned to split responsibility for governing AI between its regulators for human rights, health and safety, and competition, rather than creating a new body.

CHINA

Planning regulations

• China’s cyberspace regulator unveiled draft measures to manage generative AI services.
• It said that it wanted firms to submit security assessments to authorities before they launch offerings to the public.
• China’s capital Beijing will support leading enterprises in building AI models that can challenge ChatGPT, its economy and information technology bureau said in February.

READ: CHATGPT: https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/chatgpt

GPT-4: https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/gpt-4

BARD: https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/bard

EUROPEAN UNION

Planning regulations

• Twelve EU lawmakers urged world leaders to hold a summit to find ways to control the development of advanced AI systems, saying they were developing faster than expected.
• The European Data Protection Board, which unites Europe’s national privacy watchdogs, said it had set up a task force on ChatGPT, a potentially important first step towards a common policy on setting privacy rules on AI.
• EU lawmakers are also discussing introduction of the European Union AI Act that will govern anyone who provides a product or a service that uses AI.
• Lawmakers have proposed classifying different AI tools according to their perceived level of risk, from low to unacceptable.

FRANCE

Investigating possible breaches

• France said it was investigating several complaints about ChatGPT after the chatbox was temporarily banned in Italy over a suspected breach of privacy rules.
• France’s National Assembly approved in March the use of AI video surveillance during the 2024 Paris Olympics, overlooking warnings from civil rights groups that the technology posed a threat to civil liberties.

IRELAND

Seeking input on regulations

• Generative AI, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, needs to be regulated, but governing bodies must figure out how to do so properly before rushing into prohibitions that “really aren’t going to stand up”.

ITALY

Planning to lift the ban

• Italy’s data protection watchdog is ready to reactivate ChatGPT if OpenAI takes “useful steps” to address the agency’s concerns.
• It had set an end-April deadline for OpenAI to meet its demands on data protection and privacy.
• Italy imposed a temporary ban on ChatGPT on March 31 2023, after the authority raised concerns over possible privacy violations and for failing to verify that users were aged 13 or above, as it had requested.

JAPAN

Seeking input on regulations

• Digital transformation minister Taro Kono said on April 10 he wanted the upcoming G7 digital ministers’ meeting, set for April 29-30, to discuss AI technologies including ChatGPT and issue a unified G7 message.

SPAIN

Investigating possible breaches

• Spain’s data protection agency said on April 13 it was launching a preliminary investigation into potential data breaches by ChatGPT.
• It has also asked the EU’s privacy watchdog to evaluate privacy concerns surrounding ChatGPT, the agency told Reuters on April 11.

US

Seeking input on regulations

• The Biden administration said on April 11 it was seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for AI systems.
• President Joe Biden had earlier told science and technology advisers that AI could help address disease and climate change, but it was also important to address potential risks to society, national security and the economy.

INDIA

India - not planning laws to regulate AI growth

• The Indian government is not considering any law to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence (AI) in India.
• In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that though AI had proven to be an enabler of the digital and innovation ecosystem, it had ethical concerns and associated risks.
• The NITI Aayog has published a series of papers on the subject of Responsible AI for All. However, the government is not considering bringing a law or regulating the growth of artificial intelligence in the country,” he said.

READ:

DIGITAL INDIA ACT:

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/digital-india-act-11

***AI IN AGRICULTURE:

https://www.iasgyan.in/blogs/artificial-intelligence-in-agriculture

ETHICS OF AUTOMATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE:

https://www.iasgyan.in/blogs/the-ethics-of-automated-administrative-state

Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence:

https://www.iasgyan.in/daily-current-affairs/global-partnership-on-artificial-intelligence

PRACTICE QUESTION Q. Agriculture is one of the most fertile industries there are for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). What is the scope of AI in agriculture in India?

 

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