AI oversight initiative for the EU is designed by UNESCO and the Netherlands.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in collaboration with the Dutch government, has initiated an ambitious project aimed at overseeing the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence (AI) within the broader European Union (EU) domain. On October 5th, the Dutch Authority for Digital Infrastructure, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), formally launched the “Supervising AI by Competent Authorities” project. This initiative is dedicated to collecting comprehensive data regarding how European nations manage and regulate AI. Funding for this endeavor is being provided through the European Commission’s Technical Support Instrument (TSI), and the insights gleaned from this project will culminate in a compendium of “best practice” recommendations. Gabriela Ramos, the Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences at UNESCO , emphasized that this discourse ...