Meta Spurns EU’s Voluntary AI Safety Pledge Ahead of New Law
- Company could join at a later date, spokesperson says
- EU wants compliance with AI Act rules before they take effect
The EU is seeking to set standards for regulating the field of AI, while not stifling innovation in the emerging technology.
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Meta Platforms Inc. is spurning the European Union’s voluntary artificial intelligence safety pledge that’s planned as a stopgap measure before the bloc’s AI Act rules take full force in 2027.
Meta could join the so-called AI Pact initiative at a later stage, a spokesperson for the company said by email on Tuesday. Meta added that it is “focusing on our compliance work under the AI Act at this time” and wants to prioritize that effort.