Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman extended support for government oversight of artificial intelligence after a discussion with European Commission Thierry Breton, Bloomberg reported. 

The commissioner announced on Friday that he and Zuckerberg are aligned on the EU’s regulation of Artificial Intelligence and it is now in the later stages of the negotiations. Breton further said, “ They agreed on the bloc’s risk-based approach and to measures like watermarking”. 

Altman agreed with the EU’s approach to AI and said “I really appreciate the European institution here, and the foresight on taking this issue so seriously, for the rest of the world, too.”

Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs echoed similar sentiments on the objectives of the AI pact and said “it’s important for tech companies to be open about the work they’re doing on AI & engage collaboratively across industry, governments & civil society.”

Breton was pretty satisfied after his visit to the Meta office and said Facebook and Instagram appear well-prepared to meet Europe’s new strict content moderation rules but will submit to a stress test of its systems next month. 

Zuckerberg has agreed to a test in mid July and Meta has deployed around 1,000 people working on Digital Services Act implementation. 

On Thursday Breton visited Elon Musk‘s Twitter to comply with new regulations set out in the bloc’s Digital Services Act. After the meeting he tweeted “The company is taking this exercise very seriously,” he said, adding he had “constructive dialogue” with owner Elon Musk and new CEO Linda Yaccarino.

Breton separately met Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, the world’s most-valuable chipmaker, which leads the market in supplying processors for AI. After the sit-down, Huang told reporters it was “extremely likely” that Nvidia would invest in Europe.

The EU is headstrong regarding AI regulation. Earlier this month, the European Parliament took a significant step towards regulating artificial intelligence systems by voting in favour of the EU AI Act. This act, if passed into law, would be the first of its kind globally and aims to provide a comprehensive framework for AI regulation within the European Union. 

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