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Moti­on of the SP par­lia­men­ta­ry group (23.3807): Adop­ti­on of EU regu­la­ti­on in the field of arti­fi­ci­al intelligence.

Moti­on of the SP par­lia­men­ta­ry group (23.3807): Adop­ti­on of EU regu­la­ti­on in the field of arti­fi­ci­al intelligence.

Sub­mit­ted text

The Fede­ral Coun­cil is ins­truc­ted to crea­te the neces­sa­ry legal foun­da­ti­ons that adopt the main objec­ti­ves and con­tent of the Euro­pean AI Act for Switz­er­land. In doing so, it ensu­res the grea­test pos­si­ble com­pa­ti­bi­li­ty with Euro­pean law.

Justi­fi­ca­ti­on

Deve­lo­p­ments in the field of arti­fi­ci­al intel­li­gence and algo­rith­mic systems are rapid. In addi­ti­on to gre­at oppor­tu­ni­ties, the­se tech­no­lo­gies also har­bor some risks. For this rea­son, efforts are under­way both in the Euro­pean Uni­on and at other inter­na­tio­nal levels to intro­du­ce regu­la­ti­ons that limit the­se risks. Switz­er­land, with its uni­ver­si­ties and inno­va­ti­ve com­pa­nies, is acti­ve and at the fore­front of the deve­lo­p­ment of arti­fi­ci­al intel­li­gence. It is the­r­e­fo­re in Switzerland’s inte­rests, par­ti­cu­lar­ly with regard to legal cer­tain­ty, to crea­te com­pa­ti­ble and com­pa­ra­ble regu­la­ti­ons, as has been done in the area of data pro­tec­tion, for example.

Opi­ni­on of the Fede­ral Coun­cil of 30.8.2023

The Fede­ral Coun­cil is clo­se­ly fol­lo­wing the pro­po­sed ordi­nan­ce to estab­lish har­mo­ni­zed regu­la­ti­ons for arti­fi­ci­al intel­li­gence (the so-cal­led “AI Act”). The EU’s “AI Act” is curr­ent­ly still in the legis­la­ti­ve pro­cess and various points regar­ding the spe­ci­fic struc­tu­re of the ordi­nan­ce are still open. The Fede­ral Coun­cil expects this work to be com­ple­ted by the end of 2023 or ear­ly 2024.

Like the EU, Switz­er­land pur­sues a poli­cy in the area of digi­ta­lizati­on that aims to enable the use of the eco­no­mic and social poten­ti­al of tech­no­lo­gies while safe­guar­ding indi­vi­du­al rights. An inde­pen­dent Adap­t­ati­on of the Swiss legal frame­work to the “AI Act” requi­res a detail­ed ana­ly­sis of the impact on Switz­er­land and a tho­rough weig­hing up of inte­rests. Such an ana­ly­sis can only be car­ri­ed out after the legis­la­ti­ve acti­vi­ties have been com­ple­ted and on the basis of the fina­li­zed text.

It should also be noted that, in addi­ti­on to the “AI Act”, other regu­la­to­ry deve­lo­p­ments on AI are also under­way. Switz­er­land is con­tri­bu­ting its inte­rests and values to the­se acti­vi­ties in the best pos­si­ble way. The nego­tia­ti­ons in the Coun­cil of Euro­pe for a first bin­ding inter­na­tio­nal agree­ment on AI are par­ti­cu­lar­ly rele­vant for Switz­er­land. Switz­er­land is actively invol­ved in this pro­cess, in which lea­ding AI nati­ons such as the USA, Japan and Isra­el are also nego­tia­ting. The Fede­ral Coun­cil curr­ent­ly assu­mes that the nego­tia­ti­ons in the Coun­cil of Euro­pe can be con­clu­ded in spring 2024. If the nego­tia­ted agree­ment is rati­fi­ed by Switz­er­land, Switz­er­land would then also be obli­ged to imple­ment this agree­ment domestically.

Both the “AI Act” and the Coun­cil of Euro­pe agree­ment on AI will the­r­e­fo­re not be available until ear­ly 2024 at the ear­liest. The Fede­ral Coun­cil can only assess the impact of the­se two Euro­pean regu­la­ti­ons on Switz­er­land once the results of the­se pro­ce­s­ses are known. are.

Accor­din­gly, the Fede­ral Coun­cil has alre­a­dy sta­ted in its respon­se to the Postu­la­te Dobler (23.3201) The Fede­ral Coun­cil has pro­mi­sed that it will draw up a poli­cy ana­ly­sis within the frame­work of the exi­sting fede­ral admi­ni­stra­ti­on bodies (in par­ti­cu­lar the inter­de­part­ment­al EU Digi­tal Poli­cy Coor­di­na­ti­on Group, the Tri­par­ti­te Plat­form, the fede­ral government’s moni­to­ring of AI gui­de­lines and the FSO’s Arti­fi­ci­al Intel­li­gence Com­pe­tence Net­work (CNAI)) and with the invol­vement of all fede­ral agen­ci­es respon­si­ble for the legal are­as con­cer­ned, and will iden­ti­fy the need for action and pos­si­ble opti­ons for sec­to­ral and, if neces­sa­ry, hori­zon­tal mea­su­res by the end of 2024.