​Forty-two German associations and unions representing more than 140,000 authors and performers have called on the European Union to tighten rules on artificial intelligence, highlighting the threat to copyright from ChatGPT, Reuters and News.ro.

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Creative sector unions Verdi and DGB, as well as associations of photographers, designers, journalists and illustrators, expressed their concerns in a letter to the European Commission, European Council and EU legislators.

The letter highlights growing concerns about generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, which can mimic humans and generate text and images based on queries.

“The unauthorized use of protected educational material, its non-transparent processing, and the alleged substitution of sources by the production of generative artificial intelligence raise fundamental questions of liability, responsibility, and reward that must be resolved before irreversible damage occurs,” the letter, seen by us, says. from Reuters..

“Generative AI must be at the heart of any meaningful regulation of the AI ​​market,” the letter urges.

Regulation of artificial intelligence systems will be discussed in the EU

The European Commission, which is proposing rules for artificial intelligence from 2021, will discuss the final details with EU parliamentarians and member states in the coming months before the rules become law.

The rules should be strengthened to regulate generative artificial intelligence throughout the product cycle, especially for suppliers of basic models, the German groups said.

They also require providers of such technologies to be responsible for all content created and distributed by AI, including for infringement of personal and copyright rights, misinformation or discrimination.

The letter states that the main model providers such as Microsoft, Alphabet, Google, Amazon and Meta Platforms should not be allowed to operate the services of a central platform for the distribution of digital content.

In late March, Italy became the first EU country to block access to ChatGPT, citing concerns about protecting personal data rather than copyright.

Meanwhile, the authorities in Rome have expressed their willingness to return to the event, provided that OpenAI, the company that created ChatGPT, resolves the reported problems.