US urges G20 not to create new AI rules
The United States urged G20 countries to refrain from introducing new rules for artificial intelligence during a meeting of trade ministers and technology industry representatives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The US side proposes regulating only new situations related to the technology rather than creating separate rules for AI.
Carolina Principles for AI
US technology adviser Michael Kratsios, who is co-chairing the two-day meeting, called on participants to support the so-called Carolina Principles. According to him, countries that joined them agreed not to develop entirely new regulations for artificial intelligence, but to focus on rules for new cases related to the technology.
Kratsios told reporters that the Chinese government had signed the principles, but did not provide a copy of the document. The Chinese Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Chinese Communist Party was represented at the meeting by China’s Minister of Science and Technology Yin Hejun. Kratsios also reported a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart.
As The Japan Times reports, Washington’s approach largely aligns with the position of the largest AI companies, almost all of which are American. These companies seek less regulation or the opportunity to influence the shaping of future rules.
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Statements by technology company representatives
Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk addressed the meeting participants via video link. Hassabis called on G20 representatives to introduce safety testing for artificial intelligence systems.
Zuckerberg said countries should not restrict open-weight AI models — systems whose key elements are publicly available. Musk criticized the European Union’s technology regulation, saying it holds back companies’ progress. He also called on leaders of countries outside China to develop new energy sources to power data centers.
US-China competition
The meeting is taking place amid intensifying competition between the United States and China in artificial intelligence. Chinese open-weight models are becoming increasingly capable compared with proprietary systems of US companies, including Anthropic and OpenAI. According to Vivek Chilukuri, a technology and national security expert at the Center for a New American Security, this has increased the need for the US administration to keep other countries in the American technology ecosystem.
The meeting in North Carolina is part of a series of events in US cities ahead of the G20 leaders’ summit, which is scheduled to take place in Miami in December. According to previous reports, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are to separately address delegates on Wednesday.
