As a result, they have advanced further in the field of AI, said the special envoy at The Next Web technology conference.

“For example, our Secretary of State Alexandra van Hufflen (Digitization) was previously only negative about AI,” said Constantijn. “You can manage the technology here, but then it will pass through the Netherlands and then you don’t have any control. And with this policy, we also find it strange that the United States owns all the major platforms,” ​​the prince said with a sense of irony. “We’re only talking about the dangerous side of AI here.”

Constantijn did not comment further on the announced European legislation to regulate ChatGPT and other forms of AI. Van Hufflen said in response on Wednesday that he was “proud” that the European Parliament was the first in the world to adopt rules to regulate AI, for example in the area of ​​privacy.

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The US and UK may be more technologically advanced, but Constantijn sees that certain countries in the European Union are also successful, such as Estonia and Sweden. According to him, the Netherlands is not bad, but start-ups here only develop sporadically into larger companies.

Constantijn saw a prime minister in the UK, for example, who was involved in a discussion about technology. “That’s very important. That is the world in which citizens and corporations live. Our government is still not quite there. It’s also not easy, just look at the profiles of our politicians. Very few actually know AI. In England, technology is much more ingrained.”