EU rules on the use of AI are capable of dealing with rogue agents, EU technology chief Hena Virkkunen said.
After the events of OpenAI and Anthropic, there is global concern and fear that rogue AI agents could go beyond human control.
“We see that the safety and security of highly capable models is a very hot topic internationally and we are well equipped for that in Europe,” Virkkunen said in an interview with Reuters on Friday.
The European Union’s AI legislation, which is regulated based on the level of risk, is one of the strictest AI regulations in the world. It was adopted two years ago.
Virkkunen dismissed critics who claimed the bloc’s AI rules were outdated.
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“We have the AI Act and the AI Act covers the entire lifecycle of these models,” he said, adding that regulatory agencies are providing guidance on how to evaluate their models, based on recommendations from 60 AI experts.
The European Commission asked more than 30 unnamed AI companies in late August to detail their safety and security measures.
Virkkunen said he is now evaluating the response.
Cointelegraph reported on September 13 that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said a Blog post The pace of AI development is so fast that if left unchecked it could “outpace the ability to understand and control these systems.”
He said AI’s explosive progress is being driven by the next generation of AI, or its own growing ability to iteratively self-improve.
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