Comment by riedel
2 months ago
Good question. Actually, i was assuming that at least source code is treated as text under the legal regime (there is typically special rules in copyright law, but provision applying to text should apply). Furthermore I would think pull requests, etc are all text. So I would think this applies.
But it's not just text. Once again, it's explicitly defined as:
> which is published with the purpose of informing the public on matters of public interest
There is no "informing public on matters of public interest" in source code nor an MR. It's clearly meant to prevent "deepfake" news, like the image and video ones explicitly call that out.
You are absolutely right. However, the recitals point clearly beyond only protection against fake news. IMHO running such an agent in stealth mode can easily be illegal, Articl 50 (1) states : > Providers shall ensure that AI systems intended to interact directly with natural persons are designed and developed in such a way that the natural persons concerned are informed that they are interacting with an AI system, unless this is obvious from the point of view of a natural person who is reasonably well-informed, observant and circumspect, taking into account the circumstances and the context of use.
But you aren't a provider of AI services by using AI. There's a clear difference already called out between "provider" and "deployer". An AI user could barely be called a "deployer" as is, let alone a "provider".
In other words, what AI service are you providing by creating a PR?
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