The Strasbourg-based Council of Europe championed the ‘Framework Convention’ on AIImage: uncil Daniel Kalker/picture alliance
The treaty was opened for signature at a conference of Council of Europe justice ministers in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.
It comes just months after EU ministers gave final approval to the bloc’s own Artificial Intelligence Act, which aims to regulate use of AI in “high-risk” sectors.
Who else signed the treaty?
Besides the EU, the US and the UK, the treaty was also signed by Andorra, Georgia, Iceland, Norway, Moldova, San Marino and Israel.
Also involved in negotiating the treaty were Argentina, Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, the Vatican, Japan, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay.
The Council of Europe is an organization based in Strasbourg, France that is tasked with upholding human rights. It has 47 members states, including the 27 member states of the EU.
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NGO raises concern over ‘enforceability’ of provisions
Francesca Fanucci, a legal expert at the Hague-based European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) NGO, told the Reuters news agency that the agreemented had been “watered down” into a broad set of principles.
“The formulation of principles and obligations in this convention is so overbroad and fraught with caveats that it raises serious questions about their legal certainty and effective enforceability,” she said.
Fanucci also pointed to exemptions on AI systems for national security purposes and limited scrutiny of private companies compared to the public sector.
This article was written in part with material from Reuters.
Edited by: Jenipher Camino Gonzalez
Correction note: An earlier version of this article contained a spelling mistake in the country name “Australia.” We apologize for the error.
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