The European Union and the United States plan to develop a common approach to the use of artificial intelligence, data governance, and policy around technology platforms.
🇪🇺🇺🇸 The first EU-US Trade and Technology Council marks a fresh chapter in our transatlantic relations.
We are committed to cooperating on global trade and technology based on shared democratic values.#TTC Joint Statement → https://t.co/PQDh0heVnv#DigitalEU #EUtrade pic.twitter.com/9B8H4jBrvZ
— European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) September 30, 2021
The Trade and Technology Council (TTC), created by President Joe Biden, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President Charles Michel at the U.S.–EU Summit in June 2021, held its first meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
According to the statement, artificial intelligence can deliver substantial benefits to citizens and the economy, as well as improve quality of life. However, TTC recognised that development, deployment and use of the technology not for its intended purposes threaten fundamental rights and democracy.
“The United States and the EU will develop and deploy innovative and reliable AI systems that respect universal human rights and common democratic values,” the statement said.
The EU and the United States expressed concern about the deployment of AI technologies by authoritarian regimes to build social-scoring systems for mass social control.
“These systems threaten fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, including through the suppression of freedom of expression, the right to peaceful assembly and other forms of expression,” the sides said.
The EU and the United States also intend to support and implement the OECD Recommendations on Artificial Intelligence, implement tools to assess the technical requirements for reliable AI, study options to strengthen privacy protections, and explore the technology’s impact on employment, wages and earnings disparities in the labour market.
TTC agreed to rebalance global semiconductor supply chains, foster joint economic growth, protect the environment, promote workers’ rights and widen cooperation in the field of next-generation technologies.
In September the U.S. government formed a high-level committee to advise the president and other federal agencies on AI matters.
In July, the chair of the U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence said that Japan and South Korea would help the United States compete with Chinese technologies.
In April, the European Commission presented recommendations for regulating AI.
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