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📢 CAIDP Urges UN to Strengthen Human Rights Provisions in Global Digital Compact In a detailed statement to the Secretary General and other UN leaders, the Center for AI and Digital Policy has urged changes to the pending Global Digital Compact. CAIDP is seeking to strengthen human rights safeguards for AI systems, improve scientific assessment of AI, limit the use of AI in warfare, and establish foundational principles for AI governance. CAIDP wrote, "We closely follow and acknowledge each of the milestones achieved by the UN with ethical, inclusive, responsible AI. In our observations, we are equally mindful of the need to sustain capacity and resource management to keep pace with rapid developments in AI." CAIDP proposed: 1️⃣ Creation of a UN Special Rapporteur for AI and Human Rights "A Special Rapporteur on AI and Human Rights would have a focused and strong mandate to facilitate international cooperation, encourage the adoption of global standards for AI ethics and human rights, and hold actors accountable for violations. " 2️⃣ Establishment of an International Scientific Panel on AI "In our 5-Point Plan on AI Governance, we called for the establishment of an International Panel on Artificial Intelligence, similar to the International Panel on Climate Change, that will bring together scientists specifically to assess risks associated with the development of advanced AI models" 3️⃣ A Ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) "We recommend that member states commence negotiations on a new international treaty to prohibit lethal autonomous weapons systems, establish stringent safeguards against the integration of AI-enabled targeting systems, and enshrine the principle of human responsibility for the use of lethal force." 4️⃣ Implementation of the Universal Guidelines for AI as the basis for the global governance of AI "The Universal Guidelines focus on the need for autonomy, transparency and human determination with regard to the evolving landscape of intelligent computational systems. At their core, these Guidelines protect people by establishing institutional obligations and reinforcing the rights of people." #ugai #specialrapporteur #humanrights #laws #aigovernance #gdc #GlobalDigitalCompact United Nations United Nations Human Rights António Guterres Amandeep Gill Claver Gatete Anna-Karin Eneström Merve Hickok Marc Rotenberg Grace S. Thomson Nayyara Rahman Julian Theseira Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe

📢 CAIDP Update 6.31 - AI Policy News (August 5, 2024) 🏛 Meta Settles $1.4B Biometric Lawsuit Amidst Growing Deepfake Concerns 🇪🇺 EU AI Act Comes into Force 🇺🇸 AI Legislation Advances in US Senate 🇳🇪 Nigeria Releases AI Strategy Draft, Signs US Cooperation Agreement 🌐 UNESCO Seeks Public Input on Draft AI Guidelines for Courts 🇦🇪 UAE Releases AI Development Charter 🇦🇷 Argentina Proposes Federal Observatory on AI 🗣 🌐 CAIDP Calls for Strong AI Human Rights Focus in UN Global Digital Compact 🗣 🇺🇸 CAIDP Urges Federal Trade Commission to Conclude OpenAI Investigation CAIDP President Addresses AI Trust at State Department Webinar #meta #deepfakes European Union #aiact #nigeria UNESCO United States Senate United Arab Emirates #argentins United Nations United Nations Human Rights Federal Trade Commission #gdc Merve Hickok U.S. Department of State

🔥 TODAY, August 1st, THE #EUAIAct ENTERS INTO FORCE https://lnkd.in/egkvkTHP Karine Caunes, CAIDP Europe's Executive Director stated: "We created the European branch of the Center for AI and Digital Policy with a clear goal in mind: to ensure a rights-based implementation of the EU AI Act. The time is NOW." ⏰ The clock is ticking. The EU AI Act will come gradually into application. ⭐ AI Governance 👉 Implementation with the common good of all in mind & not left to self-regulation whether through standardisation for high-risk AI systems or code of practice for GPAI models 👉 The EU AI Office and their national counterparts should ensure an inclusive implementation process + also Re. the AI Pact (https://lnkd.in/ddnwsBuF) 🛎 See also AI & risks literacy for employees of all organisations using AI, deadline February 2, 2025 See on the 1st GPAI Code of Practice drafting https://lnkd.in/eYHRhXzS 🛎 By November 2, 2024: Member States shall identify the authorities responsible for fundamental rights protection Article 77(2) EU AI Act 🛎 By August 2, 2025: Member States shall designate National Market Surveillance Authorities. They should be COMPLETELY independence See our study https://lnkd.in/eaMEGp5u See CSOs collective call https://lnkd.in/e26TZaBK See EDPB statement: https://lnkd.in/dGSf7Egy ⭐ Substantive rules 👉 Compliance with EU AI Act is NOT enough for practices to be legal. They need to: ✅ comply with existing European & national human rights law. See Council of Europe's European Convention on Human Rights + recently drafted CoE Convention on AI See EU Charter of Fundamental Rights & EU legislation (consumer protection, employment, non discrimination...) https://lnkd.in/emWD648j ✅ Comply with GDPR + other relevant rules of DSA, DMA... 🛎 By February 2, 2025: provisions on AI PROHIBITED practices apply: + subliminal or deceptive techniques + exploitation of vulnerabilities + social credit scoring + predictive policing + emotion recognition in the workplace & education + facial recognition databases + biometric categorisation to infer protected characteristics + law enforcement use of real-time biometric identification in public space CAIDP Europe will ensure these provisions are not interpreted restrictively and converted into high risks practices.

📢 CAIDP Statement for Open Meeting of the Federal Trade Commission (July 31, 2024) Key points in the Center for AI and Digital Policy statement: ➡ We reiterate our concern about the status of the FTC OpenAI investigation that the Center for AI and Digital Policy urged you to undertake in March 2023. ➡ Just today Senator Cantwell remarked that it is critical to ensure that AI systems “work as intended.” ➡ In a comprehensive report we released last month “Still No Guardrails: The Federal Trade Commission and ChatGPT”, we provided a detailed history of growing public concern about the unregulated release of commercial AI products. ➡ The FTC’s delay in concluding the OpenAI investigation compounds the problems of unsafe AI products. ➡ The FTC’s failure to act risks public safety, and the longer the FTC delays, the greater the risks to the American public. Federal Trade Commission #aigovernance #consumerpotection #openai Christabel R. Marc Rotenberg Merve Hickok

🔥 🔥 🔥 European AI office x Trustworthy General Purpose AI models under #EUAIAct. Today the European AI Office is launching two key initiatives regarding the drafting of the first EU GPAI Code of Practice. Karine Caunes, CAIDP Europe Executive Director said, "CAIDP Europe is committed to contribute in both initiatives to ensure that the EU AI Act is implemented to fulfill its goal to preserve the rights of all and serve the good of all." CAIDP Europe calls on civil society organisations, academics, independent experts and concerned citizens to contribute as well. Firstly, a public consultation: https://lnkd.in/efG8zVjD WHAT? 👉 The topics covered by the Code of Practice detailing rules for general-purpose AI models providers 👉 A questionnaire with three sections: 1. General-purpose AI models: transparency and copyright-related provisions; 2. General-purpose AI models with systemic risk: risk taxonomy, assessment and mitigation; 3. Reviewing and monitoring the Codes of Practice for general-purpose AI models. Bonus section: carte blanche / any other relevant aspect to share. FOR WHOM? All interested parties. E.g. civil society organisations, academia, independent experts, industry representatives, rightsholders, and public authorities. WHEN? Opening: 30 July 2024 Closing: 10 September 2024 WHY? To inform the initial draft of the Code of Practice Secondly, a call for expression of interest: https://lnkd.in/ezSsv52t WHAT? To participate in the drawing-up of the GPAI Code of Practice. The Code of Practice will detail the AI Act rules for providers of GPAI models and GPAI models with systemic risks. Providers should be able to rely on the Code of Practice to demonstrate compliance. FOR WHOM? Eligible general-purpose AI model providers, downstream providers and other industry organisations, other stakeholder organisations such as civil society organisations or rightsholders organisations, as well as academia and other independent experts. WHEN? 👉 Express your interest by 25 August 2024, 18:00 CET. 👉 Iterative drafting process by April 2025. 👉 Code of practice due to apply by August 2nd, 2025. After publication of the Code, the AI Office and the AI Board will assess its adequacy and publish this assessment. The Commission may decide to approve the Code of Practice and give it a general validity within the Union by means of an implementing act. If by August 2nd, 2025, the Code of Practice cannot be finalised or the AI Office deems it not adequate, the Commission will provide common rules for the implementation of the relevant obligations. WHY? Art. 56 EU AI Act: "The AI Office shall encourage and facilitate the drawing up of codes of practice at Union level in order to contribute to the proper application of this Regulation, taking into account international approaches."

📢 CAIDP Update 6.30 - AI Policy News (July 29, 2024) 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Global Regulators Unite to Address AI Competition Concerns 🌐 OECD Pilots Monitoring Program for G7's AI Code of Conduct NATO Unveils Updated AI Strategy 🇪🇺 European Parliament Sets Up AI Act Implementation Working Group 🇬🇧 UK Media Watchdog Releases Deepfake Mitigation Paper 🇹🇭 AI Search Engine Exposes Thai Scholarship Students' Data 🇺🇸 US Government Announces New AI Initiatives and Oversight Measures 🗣 🏛 🌐 CAIDP Provides Comments to UNESCO on Neurotech and AI #competition OECD.AI #g7 NATO European Parliament European Commission #media The White House UNESCO #neurotechnology #humanrights

📢 Senate Commerce Committee to Consider Several AI Bills This Week The influential Senate Commerce Committee is expected to consider several AI bills at an Executive Session scheduled for Thursday, August 1 at 10:00 am EDT. The AI bills under consideration include: - S. 2714, CREATE AI Act of 2023 - S. 3162, TEST AI Act of 2023 - S. 3312, Artificial Intelligence Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023 - S. 4178, Future of Artificial Intelligence Innovation Act of 2024 - S. 4394, National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Education Act of 2024 - S. 4487, Small Business Artificial Intelligence Training and Toolkit Act of 2024 - S. 4569, TAKE IT DOWN Act (Detailed information about pending legislation in the US Congress is available at congres.gov. Insert the bill # in the search box) If approved by the Senate Committee, the AI bills could then proceed to the full Senate for consideration. Passage by the House and signature by the President are still required before the bills become law. Three bills concerning AI and elections were approved earlier by the Senate Rules Committee and are expected to be considered by the Senate in the next few weeks. At a time of political polarization in the United States, there has been a surprising level of bipartisan support for AI legislation across a wide range of topics, from countering misinformation and deep fakes to standard setting and public investment. The AI bills to be considered this week by the Commerce Committee typically include endorsements by both Democratic and Republican Senators. The Center for AI and Digital Policy has provided several statements to Senate Committees over the past year with recommendations concerning the pending legislation. United States Senate U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Majority Senator Maria Cantwell Ted Cruz #aigoverance Merve Hickok Christabel R. Kyler Zhou Brianna G. Rodriguez https://lnkd.in/e4paRtjv

📢 European Parliament Sets Up Working Group to Oversee Implementation of the AI Act According to both Euractiv and MLex, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee and the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee will set up a Working Group to ensure effective implementation of the AI Act. The European Commission plays a central role in the implementation of the AI Act. The Parliament is seeking to ensure the Commission fulfills is its responsibilities. MLEX - "The initiative follows the footprints of similar working groups that were set up to monitor the enforcement of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act and maintain pressure on the European Commission." Euractiv - "Members of the European Parliament have previously expressed concerns over the lack of transparency around the AI Office’s staffing process, as well as the involvement of civil society in parts of the implementation process." Members of the Center for AI and Digital Policy met with members of the IMCO and LIBE committees during the development of the AI Act, provided detailed comments on the legislation, and then published a report for the European AI & Society Fund "Making the AI Act work: How civil society can ensure Europe’s new regulation serves people & society" (September 2023) - https://lnkd.in/gaZDTUas There are several upcoming deadlines for the AI Act: 6-months after adoption (Feb 2025) ➡ Ban on high-risk AI systems (subliminal techniques, exploitive technqiues, web scraping of facial images) 🔥 🔥 🔥 ➡ AI literacy obligations published 12-months (August 2025) ➡ Obligations for General Purpose AI Systems established ➡ Serious incident reporting guidance published ➡ Enforcement provisions established 18-months (Feb 2026) ➡ Guidance for High-risk AI Systems published European Parliament European Commission #IMCO #LIBE #aigovernance #aiact #euaiact Center for AI and Digital Policy Europe https://lnkd.in/emQ65r54

📢 CAIDP Provides Comments to UNESCO on Neurotech and AI In response to a request for public comments and a draft document, the Center for AI and Digital Policy has provided detailed recommendation to UNESCO regarding the Ethics of Neurotechnology. Neurotechnology offers promise for medical care but can also manipulate human decision-making, with long-term consequences for freedom of thought, cognitive liberty, and free will. UNESCO has identified a range of concerns, including cerebral and mental integrity and human dignity, personal identity, and mental privacy and brain data confidentiality. AI techniques are likely to exacerbate the risks associated with the deployment of neurotechnology. 🔥 CAIDP called for the "protection of the human rights to mental privacy and cognitive liberty" and made several recommendations for the governance of neurotechnology. 1️⃣ Prohibit the secret and unauthorized collection and use of neural data and cognitive biometrics 2️⃣ Establish Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PET) that minimize or eliminate the collection of personal data as the cornerstone of data protection practices for neurotechnologies 3️⃣ Adopt the Universal Guidelines on AI as foundational requirements for the development and deployment of neurotechnologies 4️⃣ Require transparent and independent audits of neurotechnology companies data practices by regulators CAIDP called for global standards and a treaty for the protection of human rights to mental privacy and cognitive liberty. Merve Hickok Marc Rotenberg Nayyara Rahman Tamiko Eto Dominique Greene-Sanders Caroline Friedman Levy UNESCO #neurotechnology

📢 MIT Technology Review Publishes Assessment of TechCos AI Self-Regulatory Commitments "One year ago, on July 21, 2023, seven leading AI companies—Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI—committed with the White House to a set of eight voluntary commitments on how to develop AI in a safe and trustworthy way. "These included promises to do things like improve the testing and transparency around AI systems, and share information on potential harms and risks. ➡ "On the first anniversary of the voluntary commitments, MIT Technology Review asked the AI companies that signed the commitments for details on their work so far. Their replies show that the tech sector has made some welcome progress, with big caveats. . . ." 🔥 "One year on, we see some good practices towards their own products, but [they’re] nowhere near where we need them to be in terms of good governance or protection of rights at large,” says Merve Hickok the president and research director of Center for AI and Digital Policy, who reviewed the companies’ replies as requested by MIT Technology Review. Many of these companies continue to push unsubstantiated claims about their products, such as saying that they can supersede human intelligence and capabilities, adds Hickok. 🔥 "One area of improvement for AI companies would be to increase transparency on their governance structures and on the financial relationships between companies, Hickok says. She would also have liked to see companies be more public about data provenance, model training processes, safety incidents, and energy use. #aigovernance Melissa Heikkilä MIT Technology Review https://lnkd.in/e55nx9gG