UNESCO and the Netherlands have designed an AI control project for the European Union

The United Nations and the Dutch government have announced plans to create an artificial intelligence (AI) ethics monitoring framework.

On October 5, the Dutch Digital Infrastructure Authority and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) officially launched the project “Management of AI by Competent Authorities”, through which European roads will collect information. Countries control AI.

The project is funded through the European Commission's Technical Assistance Instrument (TSI) and the information collected by the project provides “best practice”-type recommendations.

Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, said this discussion is not about technology, but about society.

We are talking about the kind of world we want to live in. To shape the development of AI technology, we need effective governance frameworks underpinned by the ethical and moral values ​​we all hold dear.

Along with best practices, the information collected will help create future training sessions to improve “institutional capacity” on the topic.

UNESCO played an important role in creating the Code of Conduct for AI, which was adopted by all member states in November 2021.

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These steps from UNESCO come after the EU's AI legislation was approved by Parliament in June 2022. The AI ​​Act is a comprehensive set of rules for AI development in the European Union. The draft law was submitted to the European Union Commission in April, and after the Parliament gave its majority support, member states will negotiate with the Parliament to resolve the details.

Since the law was approved by parliament, the EU has introduced an initiative for AI startups in the region that will fast-track access to supercomputers.

Individual European countries have also been considering AI regulation and development strategies. In the year August 25 Spain has announced its plans for a local AI regulatory agency and a national strategy to ensure AI development in the country is “inclusive, sustainable and citizen-centered.”

Meanwhile, in Germany, politicians and digital experts are torn about how best to manage and implement the technology.

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