Since the launch of the chatbot ChatGPT last November, AI has been on everyone's lips. © Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa/Illustration
How will artificial intelligence develop? Experts recently published a dramatic-sounding warning. Brussels and Washington want to counter risks together.
Brussels/Luleå - In order to take advantage of the opportunities offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and at the same time contain its risks, the EU and the US want to work more closely together.
Among other things, an expert group is to be set up to monitor and measure existing and new AI risks, according to a joint statement published on Wednesday at the EU-US Trade and Technology Council. The common AI terms will be expanded, progress in the further development of AI standards and tools for risk management will be continued, and a catalogue of existing and emerging risks will be developed, it said.
EU Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager described the plans as a "big step in a race that we cannot afford to lose". Accountability cannot wait, she wrote on Twitter: "We will work with our key partners and the AI community on security measures to make AI responsible, secure and trustworthy."
In addition, the United States and the EU want to further advance their cooperation in AI research in certain areas such as extreme weather and climate forecasting, emergency management or the optimization of agriculture and energy networks.
"We are committed to making the most of the potential of emerging technologies while limiting the challenges they pose to universal human rights and shared democratic values," the statement said.
Dramatic-sounding warning from AI experts
The transatlantic initiative is in the context of dramatic-sounding warnings: In a statement published on Tuesday, a number of leading AI experts had called for the risks to be taken seriously. Among the signatories of the brief statement is the head of ChatGPT inventor OpenAI, Sam Altman. The chatbot ChatGPT, which can formulate sentences at the level of a human, has triggered a new hype around artificial intelligence in recent months. The non-profit organization, on whose website the text appeared, cites its use in warfare as possible dangers of artificial intelligence.
The EU and the United States also want to cooperate more closely on other technologies such as the future 6G mobile communications standard or online platforms.
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At the meeting in Luleå, Sweden, EU and US leaders also agreed on a common, international standard for megawatt charging systems for charging heavy-duty electric vehicles. This will reduce manufacturing and deployment costs and thus facilitate transatlantic trade and investment, the EU Commission said.
In view of the increasing pressure on the global environment, security and economy, cooperation between the EU and the US is more important than ever, said Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis. "By forging a green and digital transatlantic marketplace, we can drive prosperity and job creation on both sides of the Atlantic, while working together on improved global standards and rules."
Bilateral trade between the EU and the US reportedly reached an all-time high of €1.55 trillion in 2022, of which more than €100 billion was in digital trade. Since 2021, the EU-US Trade and Technology Council has been meeting to coordinate joint action on key global trade, economic and technological issues. The fifth meeting is scheduled to take place in the United States at the end of the year. Dpa