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📢 Council of Europe Launches First Global Treaty for AI (Sept. 5, 2024) 🎉 🎉 ➡ The Council of Europe AI Treaty seeks to protect fundamental rights, democracy, and the rule of law ➡ The Framework Convention was signed today by Andorra, Georgia, Iceland, Norway, the Republic of Moldova, San Marino, the United Kingdom as well as Israel, the United States of America, and the European Union. ➡ Norway stated it would apply the AI Treaty to both the private and public sectors and urged other countries to do the same 🗣 COE Secretary-General Marija Pejčinović Burić said, "I hope that these will be the first of many signatures and that they will be followed quickly by ratifications, so that the treaty can enter into force as soon as possible." 🗣 Theodoros Roussopoulos, president of the COE Parliamentary Assembly, hailed the AI Treaty "as a major step forward" and urged its entry into force as soon as possible 🗣 CAIDP President Merve Hickok said, "The Council of Europe AI Treaty centers the protection of fundamental rights, democracy, and the rule of law in the governance of Artificial Intelligence. CAIDP has worked in support of the AI Treaty from Day 1. Although we did not achieve all the outcomes we believe are necessary, we urge states to sign and ratify the Treaty as soon as possible. AI is not waiting for policymakers to decide. States must act now." ➡ Members of the Center for AI and Digital Policy Global Academic Network have endorsed the treaty Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem Pascal Pichonnaz Maria Helen Murphy Stuart Russell Angella Ndaka Ph.D. Hannes Werthner Katja Langenbucher Gry Hasselbalch Ricardo Baeza-Yates Dr. Kutoma Wakunuma Gianclaudio Malgieri Virginia Dignum Oreste Pollicino Nagla Rizk Giovanni De Gregorio The Center for AI and Digital Policy has launched a new project to monitor the adoption and implementation of the AI Treaty. CAIDP also extends thanks to CSO colleagues, the COE Secretariat, and friends and colleagues who helped establish the first global treaty for the governance of AI. Jan Kleijssen Francesca Fanucci Louise Riondel Peggy Valcke Thomas Schneider #aigovernance #fundamentalrights #democracy #ruleoflaw #democraticvalues https://lnkd.in/dwbifppV

📢 Council of Europe NEWSROOM - Justice Ministers discuss accountability for crimes committed in Ukraine and open AI Convention for signature at the meeting in Vilnius The Council of Europe Ministers of Justice will meet in Vilnius (Lithuania) on 5 September at a conference entitled “Towards accountability for international crimes committed in Ukraine” and held under the Lithuanian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. 🇱🇹 🔥 Prior to the meeting, the Council of Europe’s Convention on Artificial Intelligence (AI), human rights, democracy and the rule of law will be opened for signature. . . . The conference is hosted by the Minister of Justice of Lithuania, Ewelina Dobrowolska. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović Burić, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Theodoros Roussopoulos, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Michael O'Flaherty, and the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, will participate in the conference. On the occasion of the meeting of justice ministers, a treaty ceremony will be organised for the opening for signature of the Council of Europe Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty in this field. The Convention aims to ensure that activities within the lifecycle of artificial intelligence systems are fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law, while being conducive to technological progress and innovation. The Center for AI and Digital Policy has expressed strong support for the Council of Europe AI Treaty. Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe Amir Noy Artem Kobrin 🇺🇦 Christabel R. Çiğdem Akın Daniela Duta Marc Rotenberg Mélissa M'Raidi-Kechichian Merve Hickok Selim Alan Sharvari Dhote Karine Caunes  ➡ Broadcast on YouTube (starting from 5 September 2024, 9.15 Vilnius time - 8.15 Strasbourg time). https://lnkd.in/etSetdxK https://lnkd.in/dtTESrxx

📓 New CAIDP Article on The Need for AI Redlines As governments develop AI governance frameworks, establishing prohibitions for unsafe AI systems should be a top priority for policymakers, write Christabel R. and Marc Rotenberg of the Center for AI and Digital Policy for Tech Policy Press. "Consensus is emerging that such prohibitions are essential for safe, secure, and trustworthy AI." Christabel and Marc describe the recent history of prohibitions on AI systems, focusing on human rights and public safety, and the role of the United States. 🔥 "In 2019, former United Nations Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet urged the prohibition of AI systems that fail to comply with international human rights norms. Her call influenced the UNESCO Recommendation on AI Ethics, which explicitly prohibited the use of AI for mass surveillance and social scoring– a practice where some governments assign a secret score to their citizens based on their compliance with government-established norms. 🔥 "The European Union Artificial Intelligence Act includes prohibitions on certain AI systems, establishing several red lines, including restrictions on the use of AI for biometric categorization based on sensitive characteristics and untargeted scraping of facial images from the internet to create facial recognition databases. 🔥 "President Biden said, 'My Administration cannot—and will not—tolerate the use of AI to disadvantage those who are already too often denied equal opportunity and justice. From hiring to housing to healthcare, we have seen what happens when AI use deepens discrimination and bias, rather than improving quality of life.' The White House 🔥 "In the global policy realm, the United States backed the Council of Europe AI Treaty that urges countries to consider the need for moratoriums or bans on AI systems incompatible with human rights, democracy, or the rule of law. "Of course, red lines are not new to US policymakers. Federal agencies have routinely established prohibitions on unsafe products to promote public safety. In 1988, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission banned lawn darts after the game caused just a few deaths. Waiting for the bodies to pile up before acting would have been a dereliction of duty for an agency charged with public safety. "No motor vehicle is sold in the United States without undergoing extensive safety testing. So, it is hardly surprising, then, that AI governance frameworks establish obligations for those who develop and deploy AI systems throughout the lifecycle and, in some instances, prohibit certain AI systems altogether. 🔥 "The United States and several other countries have established AI safety institutes to monitor the development of advanced AI systems. As with the Consumer Product Safety Commission from an earlier era, these AI Safety Institutes must be prepared to prohibit the deployment of AI systems that are unsafe." Benjamin Lennett Justin Hendrix https://lnkd.in/eNCF9ZJg

📢 CAIDP Update 6.33 - AI Policy News (September 2, 2024) 🔥 First International AI Treaty Opens for Signature - Council of Europe 🇺🇸 NIST AI Safety Accord Emerges as California's AI Bill Reaches Governor's Desk 🇺🇸 Federal Trade Commission Unveils Rule to Combat Fake Reviews 🇷🇺 🇨🇳 Russia and China Agree to Boost AI Cooperation 🇩🇰 Danish Agency Rules on IDA Forsikring's AI Call Analysis 🇨🇴 Colombia Sets Up Commission for AI Regulation 🇧🇦 Caution Advised for Meta Users in Bosnia and Herzegovina as Company Seeks to Use Personal Data for AI Training 🇨🇭 Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe Supports Swiss Campaign for Equitable AI 🗣 🌐 CAIDP President Merve Hickok Meets United Nations Under-Secretary-General Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ マルワラ [丸笑] 🗣 🌐 Update on the UN Global Digital Compact (GDC) 🔥 📅 CAIDP AI Policy Events - September 2024 ➡ The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop on “Emerging technologies to aid behavioral threat assessment with Christabel R. (CAIDP), Washington DC, September 3, 2024 ➡ Council of Europe AI Treaty Open for Ratification, Vilnius, September 5, 2024 🇱🇹 ➡ Design It For Us with Marc Rotenberg (CAIDP), American University, Washington DC, September 11, 2024 ➡ AI Law and Governance, International Bar Association with Marc Rotenberg (CAIDP), Mexico City, September 19, 2024 🇲🇽 ➡ Unlocking Cooperation: AI for All with Christabel R. (CAIDP), Carnegie Council and United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, New York City, September 19, 2024 ➡ 11th Plenary meeting of the Committee on AI with Karine Caunes, Council of Europe, Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe, Strasbourg, France, September 17-19, 2024 🇫🇷 ➡ AI Policy Forum with Christabel R. (CAIDP), Partnership on AI, New York City, September 20, 2024 ➡ Summit of the Future / Global Digital Compact with Ayca Ariyoruk (CAIDP), United Nations, New York City, September 20-23, 2024 🌐 #aigovernance Selim Alan

This week CAIDP President Merve Hickok visited Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations , and United Nations University Rector Tshilidzi Marwala チリツィ マルワラ [丸笑] at his office in Tokyo. The visit is also part of Hickok’s Council on Foreign Relations - Hitachi International Affairs Fellowship and her collaboration with Chiba Institute of Technology. Prof Marwala brings a unique perspective - as an AI scientist, educator, human rights advocate and as someone who has lived in different cultures. The conversations, also joined by Chief of Staff Michael Baldock, covered a wide range of topics on global AI governance: -Recent TICAD ministerial meetings (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) -Data Free Flow with Trust (and how to achieve trust) -United Nations role in global AI governance and the upcoming Summit for the Future, and Global Digital Compact -Importance of incentives which shape human, corporate and national behavior -CAIDP’s contributions to global AI policy to advance human rights. We look forward to future conversations with Prof Marwala and appreciate his insights. #aigovernance #aipolicy #fundamentalrights Marc Rotenberg Selim Alan James M. Lindsay

📢 First International AI Treaty Open For Signature - September 5 On 5 September 2024 in Vilnius, the Council of Europe Convention on AI, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law will be opened for signature under the Lithuanian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers. 🇱🇹 Key provisions include ➡ Activities throughout the lifecycle of AI systems must comply with the following fundamental principles: - Human dignity and individual autonomy - Equality and non-discrimination - Respect for privacy and personal data protection - Transparency and oversight - Accountability and responsibility - Reliability - Safe innovation ➡ Remedies, procedural rights and safeguards - Document the relevant information regarding AI systems and their usage and to make it available to affected persons; - The information must be sufficient to enable people concerned to challenge the decision(s) made through the use of the system or based substantially on it, and to challenge the use of the system itself; - Effective possibility to lodge a complaint to competent authorities; - Provide effective procedural guarantees, safeguards and rights to affected persons in connection with the application of an AI system where an AI system significantly impacts upon the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms; - Provision of notice that one is interacting with an AI system and not with a human being. ➡ Risk and impact management requirements - Carry out ongoing risk and impact assessments in respect of actual and potential impacts on human rights, democracy and the rule of law; - Establishment of sufficient prevention and mitigation measures as a result of the implementation of these assessments; - Possibility for the authorities to introduce ban or moratoria on certain application of AI systems (“red lines”). Many CSOs participated in the development of the AI Treaty. Although we did not achieve all of the outcomes we hoped for (notably comprehensive coverage for AI systems in the private sector) we strongly urge support for the Council of Europe AI Treaty. Center for AI and Digital Policy resource page: https://lnkd.in/grryMaTF #aigovernance #aitreaty Karine Caunes Jan Kleijssen Francesca Fanucci Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe

📢 Draft UN Global Digital Compact (rev4) Now Online (Aug. 27. 2024) The most current version of the draft Global Digital Compact has been posted online. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres launched the GDC Initiative in 2021 to “outline shared principles for an open, free and secure digital future for all." The GDC is expected to be adopted at the Summit of the Future in September 2024. In 2024 comments on the GDC, the Center for AI and Digital Policy urged participants to: ➡ Establish a UN Special Rapporteur for AI and Human Rights ➡ Establish a Scientific Panel on AI ➡ Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) ➡ Implement the Universal Guidelines for AI as the basis for the global governance of AI CAIDP, "Statement to the UN Global Digital Compact on AI and Human Rights," (Aug. 5, 2024) In 2023 comments to Amb. Anna-Karin Eneström and Amb. Claver Gatete on the GDC, the Center for AI and Digital Policy recommended ➡ the United Nations encourage member-states to adopt democratic, transparent processes on developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance frameworks, and ➡ assess and report on the impact of AI on the fundamental rights set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights / Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including: - Article 1 (Self-Determination), - Article 9 (Liberty and Security), - Article 10 (Inherent Dignity) - Article 12 (Freedom of Movement) - Article 14 (Fair Trial) - Article 17 (Privacy) - Article 18 (Freedom of Thought) - Article 20 (Disinformation and Incitement to Violence) - Article 21(Peaceful Assembly) - Article 22 (Freedom of Association), and - Article 26 (Equal Protection). CAIDP, "Recommendations on AI Governance to the United Nations Global Digital Compact" (Feb. 8, 2023) A few additional notes for drafters: 🔥 Make clear that "interoperable" refers to technical standards and not governance frameworks or fundamental rights 🔥 Avoid the use of the term "platforms" when referring to Internet companies 🔥 Set out prohibitions for AI deployments that fail to comply with international human rights standards United Nations Human Rights #aigovernance #LAWS #UDHR #UGAI Office of the UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Technology Merve Hickok Marc Rotenberg Grace S. Thomson Nayyara Rahman Julian Theseira Karine Caunes Christabel R. Ayca Ariyoruk Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe #aigovernance

📢 CAIDP Update 6.32 - AI Policy News (Aug. 26, 2024) 🌐 UNESCO Launches Twin Consultations on AI in Courts and Global Governance 🇺🇸 Support for California's AI Bill Gains Momentum Despite Opposition 🇪🇺 Tech Firms Push Open-Source AI Agenda Amid Privacy Concern 😕 AI-Generated Deepfakes Spark Controversy in Politics and Social Media 🇦🇺 Australia Criminalizes Sharing of Sexually Explicit Deepfakes 🇵🇭 Philippines Proposes Deepfake Disclosure Law 🇸🇬 Singapore Seeks Input on AI Security Rules 🗣 CAIDP Advises California Assembly on AI Training and Data Transparency 📅 AI Policy Events - Center for AI and Digital Policy - Council of Europe, Strasbourg - International Bar Association, Mexico City (Marc Rotenberg) - Partnership on AI, New York City (Christabel R.) - United Nations Human Rights, New York City (Ayca Ariyoruk) - Converge 2024, Tokyo (Merve Hickok) - PrivacyBridge, Seoul (Merve Hickok) - Renew Democracy Initiative, Washington DC (Christabel R.) - Women and Justice Summit, Istanbul (Merve Hickok) - Harvard Business School, Cambridge (Marc Rotenberg) #aigovernance

📢 UNESCO Launches Open Consultation on New Guidelines for AI Use in Judicial Systems "UNESCO’s recent survey of judicial operators worldwide has highlighted a significant lack of institutional guidance and training on the use of AI systems. In response, UNESCO, in collaboration with international experts, has developed draft Guidelines for AI use in Courts and Tribunals. “The guidelines, shaped by the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, aim to ensure AI technologies are integrated into judicial systems in a way that upholds justice, human rights and the rule of law." UNESCO survey found that ➡ +35000 judicial operators participated in the UNESCO Global Judges Initiative ➡ 160 countries impacted ➡ 44% of respondent judges use ChatGPT and other LLMs for work purposes ➡ Only 9% of them receive training or have institutional guidelines in place ➡ 92% of them call for mandatory regulations & training The draft Guidelines for AI use in Courts and Tribunals is based on UNESCO’s Global Toolkit on AI & the Rule of Law. The UNESCO Toolkit is for national judicial training institutions, universities, and other legal education organisations. CAIDP urges commentators on the UNESCO Guidelines on AI Use in Judicial Systems to emphasize the need for 🔥 A clear recognition of the difference between deterministic AI systems (rule-based) and probabilistic AI systems (LLMs) 🔥 An ongoing commitment to fairness, accountability, and transparency in the use of all AI systems for judicial administration 🔥 Meaningful contestability (not simply "explainability") in all decisions impacting the rights of individuals 🔥 Prohibitions on the use of AI systems that produce adverse impacts based on machine-determined criteria or fail to comply with human rights norms 🔥 Data protection, privacy, and confidentiality in the use of AI systems that collect personal data 🔥 Not "human in the loop" for AI in the judiciary but "AI in the loop, in some circumstances, after proper assessment, and with ongoing review" 🔥 The centrality of human decisionmaking in the administration of justice CAIDP also calls attention to the following judicial decisions on the use of AI 🏛 Ligue des droits humains, C-817/19 (CJEU 2022) 🏛 AI and the Judiciary (Cololmbia Constitutional Court 2024) This is an important Public Voice Opportunity - express your views! Deadline for comments: 5 September 2024 Gabriela Ramos Karine Caunes Merve Hickok Marc Rotenberg Natalia Alarcón Rueda Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe UNESCO Council of Europe International Bar Association American Society of International Law #aigovernance #judiciary #law #ailaw #publicvoiceopportunity https://lnkd.in/eD7x76qE

📢 CAIDP Advises California Assembly on AI Training and Data Transparency In comments to Jacqui Irwin, Chair of the California Assembly Committee on Cybersecurity, the Center for AI and Digital Policy provided detailed recommendations on Assembly Bill 2013 "AI and Training Data Transparency." CAIDP also commended Rep. Iriwn for her leadership in establishing basic "transparency requirements for developers of AI systems and services." CAIDP wrote, "Consequential decisions in high-risk use cases like employment, housing, and lending rely on black box techniques can produce unaccountable, opaque and often unfair results. California has taken the lead in establishing guardrails for AI and if the bill is successful, we could see the same frameworks replicated in other states. 🔥 CAIDP urged California lawmakers to adopt a definition of AI systems that does not exclude automated decisionmaking systems. CAIDP endorsed the Federal Trade Commission definition which states that "AI includes, but is not limited to, machine-based systems that can, for a set of defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments." ➡ CAIDP also recommended "public disclosure of the explanation or logic as well as the results of independent impact assessments of algorithmic decision systems." Algorithmic transparency, CAIDP wrote, is the "foundation of trustworthy and human-centric AI." ➡ CAIDP also recommended that high-risk use cases include AI systems that produce "adverse impacts on fundamental rights." 🔥 CAIDP warned "With A.I.’s ability to amplify risk to a catastrophic scale, waiting until harms emerge may be too late. We support your effort to develop transparency measures to ensure accountability of AI systems. It is time for lawmakers to move beyond principles." #aigovernance #transparency #caidpCalifornia California State Assembly Merve Hickok Marc Rotenberg Christabel R. Evelina Ayrapetyan