“European Union Unveils Rules for Powerful A.I. Systems”

European Union officials unveiled new rules on Thursday to regulate artificial intelligence. Makers of the most powerful A.I. systems will have to improve transparency, limit copyright violations and protect public safety.

The rules, which are not enforceable until next year, come during an intense debate in Brussels about how aggressively to regulate a new technology seen by many leaders as crucial to future economic success in the face of competition with the United States and China….

The guidelines apply only to a small number of tech companies like OpenAI, Microsoft and Google that make so-called general-purpose A.I…

The so-called code of practice represents some of the first concrete details about how E.U. regulators plan to enforce a law, called the A.I. Act, that was passed last year…

It was not immediately clear which companies would join the code of practice. Google and OpenAI said they were reviewing the final text. Microsoft declined to comment. Meta, which had signaled it would not agree, did not have an immediate comment. Amazon and Mistral, a leading A.I. company in France, did not respond to a request for comment…

Groups representing many European businesses have urged policymakers to delay enforcement of the A.I. Act…