From: 04/16/2023 18:59
What can and can artificial intelligence do? This issue has been hotly debated since the launch of ChatGPT. The Federal Interior Ministry wants clear rules, SPD leader Esken calls for speed and a labeling requirement for AI content.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior has advocated a “clear legal framework” for the use of artificial intelligence (AI). A spokeswoman for the Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser (SPD), told “Handelsblatt”. It’s important to strike a balance between openness to innovation and “reliable AI standards”. One sees “fundamentally great potential for the digital society when using AI applications”, the ministry said.
Debate on how to deal with artificial intelligence
K. Becker/C. gild. Pokraka, ARD Berlin, daily news at 8 pm, April 16, 2023
Rules are needed for fundamental rights issues, aspects of data protection law, but also for the question of how errors and discrimination can be avoided. According to the spokeswoman, the explainability and traceability of AI results also play a role.
Esken and Wissing for quick regulation
SPD leader Saskia Esken also demanded in the Berlin report that there must be clear rules when dealing with AI. These should be developed at both national and European level. Politicians need more speed here, Esken said. She spoke out in favor of mandatory labeling of AI content and warned: “If we no longer know what is real and what is fake, we will be in big trouble.”
“To gain traction with regulation”, Saskia Esken, party leader, SPD, on rules for artificial intelligence
Berlin report, April 16, 2023
Digital Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) also called for swift regulation for artificial intelligence apps. “It’s breathtaking what artificial intelligence can do now,” said Wissing of Bild am Sonntag. “Artificial intelligence has come into everyday life and will fundamentally change our lives.” Wissing urged the EU to react quickly and regulate artificial intelligence wisely. It is necessary to guarantee that “this new technology can only be used if it adheres to European values such as democracy, transparency and neutrality”.
EU rules on voting
In early December, EU countries laid down comprehensive rules for the use of artificial intelligence for the first time. The Council of EU states announced at the time that the decision was aimed at ensuring that AI systems are safe and that fundamental rights are respected. Before the new rules actually apply, EU states still need to agree with the European Parliament.
The law is based on global standards. The greater the potential dangers of an application, the greater the requirements must be. There are heavy penalties for breaking the rules.
The German Ethics Council recently ruled in favor of strict limitations on the use of AI. “The use of AI should expand human development and not reduce it,” said Alena Buyx, president of the German Ethics Council.
China Wants “Socialist AI”
China’s Internet regulator, the Cyberspace Administration of China, announced a few days ago that it would support AI development, but made it clear that its content should be in line with core socialist values. Providers are responsible for the data and face fines and criminal investigations if they do not comply with the rules.
Critics such as Secretary of State Florian Tursky (ÖVP), who is in charge of digitization in Austria, see this as a huge threat to democracy. “AI should not follow any ideology imposed by the state. This would result in Chinese AI systems coming to market in Europe with the ideological footprints of the Chinese Communist Party,” warned the conservative politician.
Call for clear rules for dealing with artificial intelligence
Dietrich Karl Mäurer, ARD Berlin, April 16, 2023 2:44 pm