EU-made Intelligence Bill, Open Source Model Can Be Excepted From Strict Regulations

Aleph Alpha, a German AI company based on Open Source (photo: x @Aleph__Alpha)

JAKARTA - The EU's Artificial Intelligence Bill, which is a milestone, may exclude open source models from strict regulations. This is stated in a compromise proposal that was leaked and seen by Reuters.

Legislators and the government were still in debate on Thursday morning, December 7 over a number of key issues regarding AI arrangements, after negotiations continued throughout the night entering its second day.

The European Union has sought to finalize details of the draft rules proposed by the European Commission two years ago, but is experiencing difficulties following rapid technological developments.

According to documents circulating among legislators on Thursday morning, the AI Bill will not apply to free licenses and open source unless, for example, it is considered a high risk or is used for banned purposes.

Open source refers to free sharing and open software codes, allowing anyone to contribute to developing them or fixing bugs.

Microsoft-backed OpenAI was founded as an open source nonprofit organization, before founder Sam Altman switched to a limited profit structure in 2019.

The leading European companies operating in the open source AI space include Mistral from France and Aleph Alpha from Germany, both have previously criticized the European Union's proposal to regulate this technology.