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France, Germany and Italy agree on common approach for AI regulation

This photograph shows a screen displaying the logo of Bard AI, a conversational artificial intelligence software application developed by Google, and ChatGPT. AFP - LIONEL BONAVENTURE

France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated, which is expected to accelerate negotiations at the European level.

In a joint paper released at the weekend, the governments of the three countries agreed to support "mandatory self-regulation through codes of conduct" for so-called foundation models of AI – which are designed to produce a broad range of outputs – but they oppose "un-tested norms."

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