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Big tech too influential over AI standards, warns report
The report argues that the AI Act has a business-friendly approach where complex and fundamental rights questions are left in the hands of standard-setting organisations.
Big tech companies are disproportionately involved in the drafting of EU recognized standards for artificial intelligence tools, a report by campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) claimed. The report identified that more than half (55%) of the 143 members taking part in the joint technical committee on AI (JTC21) – set up by the European standardisation bodies CEN and CENELEC – represent companies or consultancies, with 54 of the former and 24 of the latter. In an interview with Euronews published last month, a senior official at the Dutch privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP) – the incoming national AI regulator – warned that the process to set up standards will need to be faster and that time “is running out”.
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