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"The European Union's landmark Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act may exempt open-source models from strict regulation, according to a leaked compromise proposal

• mark_l_watson 3y ago
  The EU would have to be crazy to not support smaller local European companies like Mistral (a French company). So good for their economy and securing their own AI infrastructure. I have ranted about this before on HN, so bear with me here: all countries should take reasonable steps that they can afford to secure their own infrastructure: energy, water, food, some local manufacturing, IT, AI, education, etc. This “one world order” stuff is bull-shit. The world is a better place with many cultures, ethnicities, more self-sufficiency, etc. My wife and I like to travel to meet people with very different backgrounds, see new places. I cringe thinking of a “vanilla” world where large corporations and elite interests “homogenize” the world.
  • snordgren 3y ago
    The EU hasn’t done much to build local Big Tech companies, why would it be different with AI? I think the EU and its member countries are largely content with taxing American tech giants - no need to rock the boat.