This week, over 60 nations gathered in Paris at the AI summit, which was to connect global permissions to establish a global program about rapidly developing technology. Instead, it showed that some would diverge sharply.
Over the past few years, the European Union has implemented aggressive regulations of great technology, studying the main American companies such as Google and Apple, and providing several regulations that facilitate closer supervision over their activities. Meanwhile, the Trump administration meant that technological deregulation was the central part of its program, promising to remove bureaucracy, which according to the industry decreases to innovation.
So when dozens of countries, including Canada, China, Australia and France, signed a promising document available and integration approach to the development of artificial intelligence, the US decided not – but the same, Great Britain, which raised their eyebrows among participants and in the media.
“We see here this tension between, on the one hand, the desire to run the economy through innovations AI, and on the other, the need to regulate it,” explained Teresa Scassa, a professor at the University of of the University of of the University of Ottawa, who is the chairman of the Canadian in the field of information law and politics.
Vance Rails against “excessive” regulations
For example, in the United States there are the main companies of AI “, which want Free Reign to introduce innovations and innovation to make them at the head of the economy. All attempts to regulate them will slow down, “she said.
Meanwhile, Great Britain – which was noticed economic slowdown She said that from Brexit – she was trying to position herself as an alternative to a more conservative EU approach to AI regulation.
Spokesman for the Prime Minister of Great Britain Keir Starmer said so country He would ever invest only in initiatives that are in “national interests”.
The American position on the AI regulation was much more pronounced through the comments of JD Vance Vice -President, who spoke at the top and criticized the conservative EU approach, saying that excessive regulations will be Kill the industry.
Then he seemed to warn the countries against cooperation with China, because they would make them exposed to espionage, he said.
China, criticized for a long time for human rights practices, has signed the main summit document. This surprised some observers, because the commitment required a balanced and rights -oriented approach to the development of artificial intelligence.
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The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen pushed the characteristics of the regulatory environment by Vance, saying that at the top he hopes that Europe will be the AI leader, but with its own “characteristic approach” in reaching this.
She and other European officials have recently questioned The perception that relatively difficult EU regulations mean that it is not open to innovation. On the contrary, she said at a party in Paris.
“The AI breed is far from the end. The truth is that we are only at the beginning. The border is still moving, and global leadership is still available. “
Macron says that the EU is lagging behind
Florian Martin-Bariteau, a professor of associate law from the University of Ottawa, who attended the top, says that France also took a different attitude than expected guests.
French President Emmanuel Macron, who co -charged the peak with the Indian Narendra Modi, stubborn tone hitTo a large extent, breaking with the rest of the EU news. He suggested that the economic coalition could go too far in the technology regulation, saying that its countries are “remains behind. “
But probably “the biggest surprise for many people” was that the final declaration signed at the Paris Summit-an unavoidable oath, which functions more as a strong political statement, determined by the program-was lighter than expected, with few details about regulation, security and disinformation.
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A similar peak, which took place in London last summer, focused on the potential existential risk of AI, said Martin-Bariteau. This time it seemed that this time it was a priority, showing the shock in how the countries were approaching regulation.
“It can be great technology, but in recent months we have also seen that depending on how it develops or uses such technology, it can be quite risky and have a real impact,” he said, citing concerns about its potential use in global electoral interference.
Other document critics blurred This language of security and inclusion in the final agreement was disregarded to refer to the new US administration and its great technological allies. Some reports suggest that Great Britain followed leading the US in not signing – Great Britain denied in a statement, vaguely citing Fears of national security.
Companies terrified by excessively regulated countries
Some main technology companies withdrew from the regions that they perceive as existence excessively regulatedsaid Olivier Blais, co -founder of the consulting company Montreal Moov Ai.
This was the case with the European Union, which last year adopted its own technology regulation within the EU AI ACT. Also adopted the Act on competition called the Act on Digital Markets, which was partly adopted in 2023. Apple quoted the last bill Why did he not create a function, including Apple Intelligence He said he was widely available in the region.
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He added that he creates what they call a commercial barrier in the AI industry. “From the consumer's point of view, it's bad because you don't have access to these tools,” he said.
But this lack of access can also make people think more critically about technology: “Is it really responsible? Can you really use these tools safely? This is a very justified question, “he said. “So many people use these tools without asking questions.”
Regulatory environment more and more complex
Scassa, Professor Uottawa, said that the discrepancy between the USA and the EU in the regulation of artificial intelligence puts Canada between the two largest trading partners, with several existential questions hangs in equilibrium.
Canada currently does not have comprehensive regulations regulating AI; Federal government proposed Such a project last year, but he died when the parliament was prepared in January. Since then, questions on how to regulate – if at all – were in the air.
She added that the technology is becoming more complex, similarly to the regulatory environment, with consideration, including public security, erroneous and disinformation and impact of climate.
“Some priorities change and may change differently for different countries.”