Presidential aide: Time to think about developing legislative frameworks regarding AI

Major social media companies aren't interested in putting more effort into ethical practices, preventing misinformation and manipulation on social media, and implementing regulatory mechanisms, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan - Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev said, Report's correspondent sent to Shusha informs.

“We are faced with a new reality. The development of artificial intelligence and the introduction of its capabilities when disseminating information on social networks may in the future, and we are already seeing this today, lead to unregulated consequences,” he noted.

Hajiyev added that if the parties were unable to achieve a positive result in the application of the regulatory mechanism in social networks, they may be able to jointly apply some mechanism in relation to AI at the international level.

“Perhaps the time has come to think about developing legislative, regulatory or convention frameworks regarding artificial intelligence,” the presidential aide said.

According to Hajiyev, there are private initiatives in this matter, but there are no serious discussions on this issue at the international level.