Generative AI a stumbling block in EU legislation talks -sources

EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation aimed at keeping artificial intelligence (AI) in check, six sources told Reuters. As negotiators meet on Friday for crucial discussions ahead of final talks scheduled for Dec. 6, 'foundation models', or generative AI, have become the main hurdle in talks over the European Union's proposed AI Act, said the sources, who declined to be identified because the discussions are confidential. Foundation models like the one built by Microsoft -backed OpenAI are AI systems trained on large sets of data, with the ability to learn from new data to perform various tasks.