On December 8, EU policymakers announced an agreement on the AI Act. This post aims to briefly explain the context and implications for the governance of global catastrophic risks from advanced AI. My portfolio on Open Philanthropy's AI Governance and Policy Team includes EU matters (among other jurisdictions), but I am not an expert on EU policy or politics and could be getting some things in this post wrong, so please feel free to correct it or add more context or opinions in the comments!

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Context

The AI Act has been in the works since 2018, and for the last ~8 months, it has been in the “trilogue” stage. The EU Commission, which [...]

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Outline:

(00:46) Context

(02:33) What's in it?

(07:13) How big of a deal is this?

(09:45) Making the AI Act effective for catastrophic risk reduction

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First published:
December 15th, 2023

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9PbujppM2onhJKroC/eu-policymakers-reach-an-agreement-on-the-ai-act

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“EU policymakers reach an agreement on the AI Act” by tlevin

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“EU policymakers reach an agreement on the AI Act” by tlevin