AI may be monitoring the USMCA’s transparency standards.

By Sofia Ortiz

Major artificial intelligence companies have been accused of seeking to limit the transparency standards established in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

This is according to allegations made by Senator Elizabeth Warren, who also believes that regulators should have broad access to information about the models used by these AI companies.

Warren also points out that President Donald Trump’s administration and negotiators are under pressure from these companies to significantly reduce regulators’ ability to oversee AI companies through this accord, even though the agreement only requires that this details should be shared only during the government investigations.

In a letter, Senator Elizabeth Warren asked Jamieson Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative, to please resist pressure and, furthermore, to strengthen the rules and requirements, as they would significantly improve access to information about these AI models.

“Major tech companies are advocating for an update to the USMCA to strengthen provisions that allow companies to shield their AI algorithms and source code from regulatory scrutiny, even as the potential risks that AI poses to American families extend beyond national borders and the need to regulate AI becomes increasingly evident”: stipulates Senator Warren in the letter.

She also emphasizes that any revised agreement should eliminate provisions regarding source code secrecy, which enable these companies to evade regulatory scrutiny, and therefore highlights that the governments of the USMCA must have the tools to protect their citizens from these problems.

In addition, more lawmakers from both parties are calling for stricter regulation of AI.