SAP and Siemens call for new AI Act
Siemens CEO Roland Busch and SAP CEO Christian Klein were absent, feeling the criticism didn’t go far enough. In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), they called for a fundamental revision of the EU AI Act, seeking a new framework that promotes innovation rather than hinders it. For Busch, the AI Act, in its current form, is “toxic to the development of digital business models.”
For Siemens CEO Roland Busch, the AI Act in its current form is toxic for digital business models.
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An NGO perspective
The Future Society, an NGO that sees itself as a representative of civil society, also has criticism for the new guidelines. The NGO is particularly concerned that US tech providers managed to weaken and water down key points in a closed session.
Nick Moës, executive director of The Future Society, says: “This weakened code puts European citizens and businesses at a disadvantage and misses opportunities to strengthen security and accountability worldwide. It also undermines all other stakeholders whose commitment and efforts for the common good have remained overshadowed by the influence of US Big Tech.”
