Global Tech Association ITI Reacts to the Council’s Adoption of AI Act
BRUSSELS – Today, global tech trade association ITI, the Information Technology Industry Council, (opens in a new tab) issued the following statement in reaction to the Council of the EU’s adoption of its General Approach on the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act:
“We congratulate the Czech Council Presidency for the adoption of the General Approach on the AI Act,” said Guido Lobrano, Director General for Europe at ITI. “The text strengthens the risk-based approach and increases clarity of the future regulatory framework. ITI supports the proposed narrow definition of AI and the proposed criteria to classify high-risk use cases. However, a clearer differentiation between high-risk and non-high-risk AI uses is still needed,” Lobrano continued. “We still do not agree with the current approach subjecting General Purpose AI (GPAI) to requirements designed for high-risk use cases – this is not proportionate and does not follow the risk-based approach. We encourage Council and Parliament to find a balanced allocation of responsibilities across the value chain that can enable compliance from those who implement the GPAI model into a high-risk use case.”
In September, ITI and other industry associations submitted a joint statement to EU policymakers on the EU AI Act and High-Risk obligations for General Purpose AI. Read the full letter here.
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