The Commission is setting up a group on artificial intelligence to gather expert input and rally a broad alliance of diverse stakeholders.
The expert group will also draw up a proposal for guidelines on AI ethics, building on today’s statement by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies.
From better healthcare to safer transport and more sustainable farming, artificial intelligence (AI) can bring major benefits to our society and economy. And yet, questions related to the impact of AI on the future of work and existing legislation are raised. This calls for a wide, open and inclusive discussion on how to use and develop artificial intelligence both successfully and ethically sound.
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Today the Commission has opened applications to join an expert group in artificial intelligence which will be tasked to:advise the Commission on how to build a broad and diverse community of stakeholders in a “European AI Alliance”;
support the implementation of the upcoming European initiative on artificial intelligence (April 2018);
come forward by the end of the year with draft guidelines for the ethical development and use of artificial intelligence based on the EU’s fundamental rights. In doing so, it will consider issues such as fairness, safety, transparency, the future of work, democracy and more broadly the impact on the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The guidelines will be drafted following a wide consultation and building on today’s statement by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE), an independent advisory body to the European Commission.
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