The Google logo at an event at the Paris Google Lab on the sidelines of the AI Action Summit in Paris on Feb. 9, 2025. Thibault Camus/AP Photo
Google will sign the European Union’s artificial intelligence code of practice, despite some reservations, the global affairs president of the firm’s parent company, Alphabet, said in a blog post on Wednesday.
“We will join several other companies, including U.S. model providers, in signing the European Union’s General Purpose AI Code of Practice,” Kent Walker, who is also Alphabet’s chief legal officer, said.
