←back to thread

Meta says it won't sign Europe AI agreement

(www.cnbc.com)
324 points rntn | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 17:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
Show context
chvid ◴[18 Jul 25 18:52 UTC] No.44608425[source]▶
Why does meta need to sign anything? I thought the EU made laws that anyone operating in the EU including meta had to comply to.
replies(1): >>44608450 #
AIPedant ◴[18 Jul 25 18:55 UTC] No.44608450[source]▶
It's not a law, it's a voluntary code of conduct given heft by EU endorsement.
replies(2): >>44608551 #>>44611054 #
FirmwareBurner ◴[18 Jul 25 19:02 UTC] No.44608551[source]▶
> it's a voluntary code of conduct

So then it's something completely worthless in the globally competitive cutthroat business world, that even the companies who signed won't follow, they just signed it for virtue signaling.

If you want companies to actually follow a rule, you make it a law and you send their CEOs to jail when they break it.

"Voluntary codes of conduct" have less value in the business world than toilet paper. Zuck was just tired of this performative bullshit and said the quiet part out loud.

replies(2): >>44609215 #>>44616902 #
1. marcosdumay ◴[19 Jul 25 16:30 UTC] No.44616902[source]▶
It's a chance for the business to try out the rules, so they can have an informed opinion and make useful feedback when the EU turn it into an actual law. And also so they don't have to scramble to compile once they suddenly become biding.

But well, I wouldn't expect Meta to sign into it either.