On Wednesday, 25 September, the European Commission announced that more than 100 companies have signed the voluntary EU artificial intelligence (AI) Pact launched in July 2024. Among the list of signatories are multinational corporations and European SMEs from various sectors, including IT, telecoms, healthcare, banking, automotive, and aeronautics.
While Amazon, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have signed up, the Independent reports that Apple and Meta have refused to join amid ongoing disputes with the EU Commission. However, a report in TechCrunch cited Meta's reason for not immediately joining as being the temporary nature of the Pact, saying it wanted to focus its compliance work on the AI Act itself.
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