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【EU tech chief: EU AI Act sufficient to address runaway AI risks】

EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said the EU's existing artificial intelligence regulations are sufficient to address the risks posed by runaway AI AI agents. In an interview with Reuters on Friday, she said the safety and security of highly capable models is a major international topic, and that Europe is well prepared in this regard. The EU Artificial Intelligence Act regulates systems according to risk levels and is one of the world's strictest AI regulatory frameworks, passed 2 years ago. Virkkunen dismissed critics who said the EU's AI rules were outdated, saying the Act covers the entire lifecycle of these models and that regulators are, based on recommendations from 60 experts, providing companies with guidance on model evaluations. Related incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic previously prompted global concerns that runaway AI AI agents could escape human control. The European Commission requested detailed information on safety and security measures from AI unnamed companies at the end of August and is assessing the responses, Virkkunen said. Anthropic 30 Dario Amodei previously wrote in a blog post that AI is developing too quickly and, if left unconstrained, could “exceed our ability to understand and control the system.”CEO AI