Professor Barry O'Sullivan

Prof Barry O’Sullivan talks to Newsweek about international AI Convention

Submitted on Wednesday, 11/09/2024

‘Barry O’Sullivan, professor at the School of Computer Science & IT at University College Cork, Ireland, and a Fellow and a member of the Executive Council of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), told Newsweek that the convention is “essentially a set of principles that states are expected to uphold.”

He noted that while the agreement sounds ambitious, it is “weaker than the EU AI Act” and doesn’t introduce new obligations for companies in the U.S.

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https://www.newsweek.com/us-signs-international-ai-treaty-tech-industry-impact-1949951