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Denmark connected Wednesday laid retired a model that tin assistance EU subordinate states usage generative artificial quality successful compliance with the European Union's strict caller AI Act — and Microsoft's already connected board.
A government-backed confederation of large Danish corporates, led by IT consultancy Netcompany, launched the "Responsible Use of AI Assistants successful the Public and Private Sector" achromatic paper, a blueprint that sets retired "best-practice examples" for however firms should usage and enactment employees successful deploying AI systems successful a regulated environment.
The usher besides aims to promote transportation of "secure and reliable services" by businesses to consumers. Denmark's Agency for Digital Government, the country's cardinal concern registry CVR and pensions authorization ATP are among the founding partners adopting the framework.
This includes guidelines governing however the nationalist and backstage assemblage collaborate, deploying AI successful society, complying with some the AI Act and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), mitigating risks and reducing bias, scaling AI implementation, storing information securely, and grooming up staff.
Netcompany CEO André Rogaczewski said the provisions laid retired successful the achromatic insubstantial were chiefly aimed astatine companies successful heavy regulated industries, specified arsenic successful fiscal services. He told CNBC he's aiming to code 1 halfway question: "How tin we standard the liable usage of AI?"
What is the EU AI Act?
The EU AI Act is simply a landmark law that aims to govern the mode companies develop, usage and use AI. It came into force successful August, aft antecedently receiving final approval from EU subordinate states, lawmakers, and the European Commission — the enforcement assemblage of the EU — successful May.
The instrumentality applies a risk-based attack to governing AI, meaning assorted applications of the exertion are treated otherwise depending connected the hazard level they pose. It's been touted arsenic the world's archetypal large AI instrumentality that volition springiness firms clarity nether a harmonized, EU-wide regulatory framework.
Though the rules are technically successful effect, implementation them is simply a lengthy process. Most of the provisions of the Act — including rules for general-purpose AI systems similar OpenAI's ChatGPT — won't materialize until astatine slightest 2026, astatine the extremity of a two-year modulation period.
"It is perfectly captious for the competitiveness of our businesses and aboriginal advancement of Europe that some the backstage and nationalist assemblage volition win successful processing and utilizing AI successful the years to come," Caroline Stage Olsen, Denmark's minister of digital affairs, told CNBC, calling the achromatic insubstantial a "helpful step" toward that goal.
Netcompany's Rogaczewski told CNBC that pitched the thought for a achromatic insubstantial to immoderate of Denmark's biggest banks and security firms immoderate months ago. He recovered that, though each enactment was "experimenting" with AI, institutions lacked a "common standard" to get the astir retired of the tech.
Rogaczewski hopes the Danish achromatic insubstantial volition besides connection a bluish people for different countries and businesses seeking to simplify compliance with the EU AI Act.
Microsoft's determination to motion up to the guidelines is of peculiar note. "Getting Microsoft progressive was important since generative AI solutions often impact algorithms and planetary tech," said Rogaczewski, adding the tech giant's engagement underlines however liable digitization is anticipation crossed borders.
The U.S. tech elephantine is simply a large backer of ChatGPT developer OpenA, which secured a $157 cardinal valuation this year. Microsoft besides licenses OpenAI's exertion retired to endeavor firms via its Azure unreality computing platform.
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