Spanish PM Sanchez says AI industry cannot be self-regulated

MADRID, Sept 21 (Reuters) - ‌Artificial intelligence ​cannot ​be self-regulated by those who control the technology, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on ‌Monday.

Governments worldwide are racing to set rules for ⁠AI as concerns grow over privacy, discrimination, job losses, misinformation ‌and the concentration of ‌computing power among a handful of tech giants.

Speaking at an event on AI regulation in Madrid, Sanchez, ​an outspoken critic of "tech oligarchs", said his government would reinforce its defensive cybersecurity measures to respond to ⁠what he described as "aggressive" frontier AI models.

He outlined a 12-month roadmap aimed ​at supporting responsible deployment and economic growth. The plan includes a proposed AI gigafactory ​as well as new models ‌developed with the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre for climate, health and energy uses.

Sanchez said data ⁠centres needed to meet high environmental and energy standards while protecting data autonomy and benefiting local communities.

"We must develop ⁠this technology not behind citizens' backs ... but in a way ​that people see it as an opportunity rather than a tool for depleting their scarce resources," he added.

Sanchez's remarks came days ‌after the heads of leading U.S. AI labs called for a slowdown in the ‌technology's development, warning it could soon improve on its ⁠own and slip beyond ‌human control.

(Reporting by ​Victoria Waldersee; Additional reporting by Benjamín Mejías Valencia; Writing by David Latona; Editing by Andrei ‌Khalip)

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