As AI booms, EU lawmakers wrangle over new rules


FILE PHOTO ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken February 3 2023. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustration

FILE PHOTO: ChatGPT logo is seen in this illustration taken, February 3, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid technological advances such as the ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence (AI) app are complicating efforts by European Union lawmakers to agree on landmark AI laws, sources with direct knowledge of the matter have told Reuters.

The European Commission proposed the draft rules nearly two years ago in a bid to protect citizens from the dangers of the emerging technology, which has experienced a boom in investment and consumer popularity in recent months.

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