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Publication of the first progress report of the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI)
On 23 September 2020, the Committee of Ministers approved the progress report of the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI), which sets out the work undertaken and progress towards the fulfilment of the committee’s mandate since it was established on 11 September 2019. The progress...
7th AI and Law Breakfasts: Certification of Algorithmic Systems
The AI and Law breakfasts, co-organised by the Council of Europe and the University of Strasbourg (UMR DRES), are regular meetings open to a wide public, public decision-makers, officials from international organisations and national administrations and academics, whose aim is to measure the...
The Policy Development Group of the CAHAI (PDG) will hold its first meeting
Under the CAHAI’s direction, the PDG is expected to expedite the preparation of the Feasibility Study of a legal framework on the design, the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) based on Council of Europe standards, one of the key outputs of the CAHAI in its two-year...
Graphical visualisation of the distribution of strategic and ethical frameworks relating to artificial intelligence
As part of its monitoring activity on digital transformation, the Council of Europe Secretariat has produced a graphical visualisation of the distribution of strategic and ethical frameworks relating to artificial intelligence, big data, data science and robotics. In a completely new way, more...
Second plenary meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI)
The second plenary meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI) will be held from 6 to 8 July 2020, bringing together representatives of the 47 Council of Europe member states, observer states (Canada, Holy See, Israel, Japan, Mexico, USA) as well as civil society, academia...
Council of Europe participating in the panel on Accountable AI solutions of the AI for Good Global Summit 2020
On 2 July 2020, Jan Kleijssen, Director of the Information Society – Action against Crime, participated in an online panel on accountable AI solutions of the AI for Good Global Summit 2020. Alongside Aimee Van Wynsberghe (TU Delft), Frits Bussemaker and Arthur Van Der Wees (Institute for...
Israel obtains the observer status to the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI)
On 1st of July 2020, the Committee of Ministers decided, in line with paragraph 8 of the Resolution CM/Res(2011)24, to give Israel the observer status to the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI). Israel will, as from now, fully contribute to the work of the CAHAI. Its participation...
Contribution to the consultation of the European Commission on AI
The CAHAI Secretariat co-ordinated a contribution by the Council of Europe Secretariat to the European Commission's White Paper. This contribution brought together the perspectives of the Directorate General of Human Rights and the Rule of Law (DG1), as well as those of the Directorate General of...
Sixth edition of the AI Breakfasts: Predictive Policing and Rule of Technology
The Council of Europe and the University of Strasbourg co-organised the 6th edition of the "AI Breakfasts" in the form of a webinar on 2 July 2020. Three experts will discuss on the topic of predictive policing and rule of technology. Marine Kettani, policy officer at the Ministry of Justice...
Council of Europe participating in the panel on Contact Tracing, Privacy and Data Governance of the AI Governance Forum 2020
On 8 June 2020, Jan Kleijssen, Director of the Information Society – Action against Crime, participated in an online panel on contact tracing, privacy and data governance of the Artificial Intelligence Governance Forum 2020. Alongside Lenka Zdeborova (CNRS), Kim Seungryong (Korea University in...
Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights Webinar
Patrick Penninckx, Head of the Information Society Department at the Council of Europe conducted a webinar on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights on the 26th of May 2020. The webinar was organised by the European Law Students Association (ELSA) as part of a series of webinars on Law and...
Fifth edition of the AI Breakfasts: "Covid-19: Myths and realities of tracking applications"
The Council of Europe and the University of Strasbourg organised the 5th edition of the "AI Breakfasts" in the form of a webinar on 16 April 2020. Three experts were brought together on the topic of tracking applications on mobile phones in the fight against COVID-19. Michael Veale, Lecturer at...
Algorithms and automation: Council of Europe issues guidelines to prevent human rights breaches
The Council of Europe today called on its 47 member States to take a precautionary approach to the development and use of algorithmic systems and adopt legislation, policies and practices that fully respect human rights. In a Recommendation on the human rights impacts of algorithmic systems, the...
The Council of Europe contributes to the OECD work on Artificial intelligence
The Council of Europe was invited to participate in the first meeting of the OECD Network of Experts on AI (ONE AI) in Paris on 26-27 February. This is an opportunity to present the Organisation’s activity in the field of AI regulation, including the work of the Committee on Artificial...
Fourth Edition of the AI Breakfast
The fourth edition of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) breakfasts, co-organized with the University of Strasbourg (UMR DRES), took place on 13 February 2020 on the theme of criminal and civil liability of autonomous vehicles. Eric Hilgendorf, professor of law and legal philosopher, presented his...
Council of Europe strengthens cooperation with internet sector
Five new companies and business associations today joined the Council of Europe Partnership with the IT sector aimed at promoting respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law on the internet: the artificial intelligence software provider Element AI, the International Communications...
Seminar - Artificial Intelligence and its Impact on Young People
By its present and future impact on social life and organisation or by its reliance on young people to programme and fine-tune AI technologies, AI is very closely related to young people. Yet, there is relatively little research and information about how AI will impact on young people as young...
AI Breakfasts, third edition
The third edition of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breakfasts, co-organised with the University of Strasbourg (UMR DRES), took place on 2 December 2019 on the theme of data and the rule of law: Data, new power engineering, what are the consequences for the rule of law? Adrien Basdevant, lawyer...
New public policies for the Internet – 2019 IGF in Berlin
What are the risks of discrimination created by the use of AI? What access to data across borders do law enforcement need in order to fight cybercrime? How can privacy be protected in digital platforms? How do we rise to the challenge of tackling illegal content online and safeguard digital...
First meeting of the Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI)
The Ad hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI), an intergovernmental committee set up by Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to examine the feasibility of a legal framework for the development, design and application of artificial intelligence based on the organisation´s...
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