Meta’s Chief AI Officer is lying about the EU AI Act
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Claims from this post (3)
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Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Observation
“But the big tech executives that would need to deal with it aren’t happy, and are doing their best after the fact to undermine a hard-won compromise that involved years of negotiations and multiple all-nighters.”
Our reading: Big tech executives are trying to undermine the newly negotiated EU AI Act compromise after the fact.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: Public statements do not provide a complete record of private lobbying.
Assessment: SupportedSaid
Observation
“The phrase “Added late in the text” — which tries to paint the regulation of foundation models as some kind of sneaky last minute move — is a massive, massive misrepresentation.”
Our reading: Claiming that foundation model regulation was added late to the EU AI Act text is a major misrepresentation.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The result depends on Marcus's explicit interpretation of late as last-minute.
Assessment: ContradictedSaid
Observation
“It came in the middle of May 2022.”
Our reading: Foundation models (general purpose AI) were first mentioned in the EU AI Act process in mid-May 2022, before ChatGPT's release.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: An earlier counterexample disproves the claimed date without establishing the absolute earliest mention.
Held from this post (1)
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