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Thierry Breton

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Gender Male
Age 69
Date of birth January 15,1955
Zodiac sign Capricorn
Born Paris
France
Spouse Nicole-Valerie Baroin
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin
Presidents Jacques Chirac
Job Professor
Politician
Businessperson
Education Supélec
École alsacienne
Position European Commissioner for Internal Market
European Commissioner for Internal Market since 2019
Previous positionMinister of the Economy, Finance and Industry of France (2005–2007)
NationalityFrench
Senegalese
BooksSoftwar
The Pentecost Project
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Thierry Breton is a French business executive, politician, writer and the current Commissioner for Internal Market of the European Union. Breton was vice-chairman and CEO of Groupe Bull, chairman and CEO of Thomson-RCA and chairman and CEO of France Télécom.

TikTok says action taken on Israel conflict videos

TikTok says action taken on Israel conflict videos
Oct 15,2023 10:51 am

... , EU commissioner Thierry Breton warned TikTok needed to be mindful of its popularity with young people and " protect children and teenagers from violent content and terrorist propaganda as well as death challenges and potentially life-threatening content"...

EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation

EU opens investigation into X over alleged disinformation
Oct 12,2023 7:21 pm

... The EU s industry chief, Thierry Breton, confirmed on Thursday the bloc had sent X a " formal request for information" to determine whether the platform was complying with the Digital Services Act (DSA) - a law designed to protect users of big tech platforms which recently came into effect...

TikTok latest firm after X and Meta to be warned by EU over Hamas videos

TikTok latest firm after X and Meta to be warned by EU over Hamas videos
Oct 12,2023 12:31 pm

... " TikTok has a particular obligation to protect children & teenagers from violent content and terrorist propaganda as well as death challenges & potentially life-threatening content, " said EU commissioner Thierry Breton in a post on X...

EU warns Elon Musk 'disinformation' is spreading on X after Hamas attack

EU warns Elon Musk 'disinformation' is spreading on X after Hamas attack
Oct 10,2023 11:51 pm

... Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market of the European Union, did not give details on the disinformation he was referring to in his letter to Mr Musk...

Electric car rules could cost carmakers billions

Electric car rules could cost carmakers billions
Sep 24,2023 7:41 pm

... But in an interview with the Guardian on Friday, the EU s internal market commissioner Thierry Breton was much less forthcoming...

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards in the US

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards in the US
Jul 21,2023 8:50 pm

... " Watermarks for AI-generated content were among topics EU commissioner Thierry Breton discussed with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman during a June visit to San Francisco...

Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code

Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code
May 27,2023 12:21 pm

... Thierry Breton, who is the EU s internal market commissioner, - but warned the firm new laws would force compliance...

Government sets out 'adaptable' regulation for AI

Government sets out 'adaptable' regulation for AI
Mar 28,2023 9:21 pm

... " AI has been around for decades but has reached new capacities fuelled by computing power, " Thierry Breton, the EU s Commissioner for Internal Market, said in a statement...

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards in the US

Mar 20,2023 3:30 pm

By Shiona McCallumTechnology reporter

Seven leading companies in Artificial Intelligence have committed to managing risks posed by the tech, the White House has said.

This will include testing the security of AI, and making the results of those tests public.

Representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI joined US President Joe Biden to make The Announcement .

It Follows A Number of warnings about the capabilities of the technology.

The pace at which the companies have been developing their tools have prompted fears over the spread of disinformation, especially in The Run up to the 2024 US presidential election.

" We must be clear-eyed and vigilant about the threats emerging from emerging technologies that can Pose - Don 't have to but can Pose - to our democracy and our values, " President Joe Biden said during remarks on Friday.

On Wednesday, Meta, Facebook's parent company, announced its own AI tool called Llama 2.

Sir Nick Clegg , president of global affairs at Meta, told The Bbc the " hype has somewhat run ahead of the technology".

As part of the agreement signed on Friday, the companies agreed to:

The Goal is for it to be easy for people to tell when online content is created by AI, the White House added.

" This is a serious responsibility, we have to get it right, " Mr Biden said. " And there's enormous, enormous potential upside as well. "

Watermarks for AI-generated content were among topics EU commissioner Thierry Breton discussed with OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman during a June visit to San Francisco .

" Looking Forward to pursuing our discussions - notably on watermarking, " Breton wrote in a tweet that included a video snippet of him and Mr Altman.

In the video clip Mr Altman said he " would love to show" what OpenAI was doing with watermarks " very soon. "

The voluntary safeguards signed on Friday are a step towards more robust regulation around AI in the US.

The administration is also working on an executive order,

The White House said it would also work with allies to establish an international framework to govern the development and use of AI.

Warnings abut the technology include that it could be used to generate misinformation and destabilise society, and even that it could Pose an existential risk to humanity - although some ground-breaking computer scientists have said.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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