This August 2 has finally entered the new European regulations regarding the use of artificial intelligence in the continent. The legislation promoted by the European Commission -first implanted by officially in the old continent- has been accepted and signed by a total of 25 companies.
The historic document refers to the code of good practical behaviors in the use of AI. And among the signatory companies are Google, Amazon, IBM, Microsoft and Open AI, among others. However, The absence of some of the technology giants is striking as it is a goal (Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram), Baidu, Alibaba the Deepseek.
The list is formed by: accessible, ai alignment solcoming, Aleph Alpha, Almawave, Amazon, antropic, Bria ai, cohere, cyber’s institution, domyn ,mitral ai, openn hippo, openai, pleas ,re-Audiitia, Service, Virtuous Turting and Writer, even unpublished new companies.
However, there are some like Xai, owned by the magnate Elon Musk, which It has only been assigned to one of the points that the agreement includes, the one regarding security. While he has not signed the other two aspects, related to copyright and transparency.
In any case, those companies that have not signed this voluntary code must demonstrate by alternative means that are respecting European legislation.
In short, what enters into force throughout the territory of the European Union from this August 2 are a series of measures that force great systems such as Chatgpt, OpenAi, or Gemini, from Google, to respect the contents protected by copyright and Do not provide discriminatory or contrary to fundamental rights.
The obligations are part of the EU artificial intelligence law, which entered into force last year and will be progressively deployed until 2027. The law, pioneer in the world, allows or prohibits the use of technology based on the risk it generates for people And two weeks ago, the European Commission published the guidelines that generative artificial intelligence systems must follow to comply with the norm.
For its part, The United States is pressing the EU For the recent laws that have entered into force to control the power of great technological ones, mostly Americans.
Not only the artificial intelligence law, but also that of digital markets -which establishes the guidelines of free competition between technological ones -and that of digital services -which forces them to combat the illegal content.
Brussels asks generative artificial intelligence systems, PRincipally to those considered high risk Due to their high calculation capacity, they do not train them with copyright data since they evaluate the danger they can cause to users.
Specifically, to analyze to what extent they can foster human rights violations and if there are other dangers such as the possibility that people lose control or there are chemical, biological and nuclear accidents.
Any update of artificial intelligence models that as of today are launched to the market must respect the regulations and in case of non -compliance, Brussels may open files to companies as of August 2, 2026.
Although the date is postponed for a year for all versions of the chats that are already being marketed and the vice president of the European Commission for Technological Sovereignty, Henna Virkkunen has opened the door to delay the application of the law.
Forty European and international organizations of artists, editors and holders of Copyright have shown this week their “dissatisfaction” with the code of conduct because they consider it “A lost opportunity to provide significant protection of intellectual property rights.”
