The Al Regulation In Europe Date: 1st June 2023, 17:00-18:15 BST Agenda 1. Main risk areas in Al development and use 2. Main ethical concerns in relation to Al risks 3. The regulatory roadmap a. The proposal for the EU AI Act b. The UK White Paper on Al Main Risk Areas in Al Development and Use - What is Al? "Machines that can compute how to act effectively and safely in a wide variety of novel situations" (Russel and Novig, "Artificial Intelligence", 4th ed.) - Different Computational Methods: 1. Knowledge-based 2. Logic-based 3. Machine learning, with its variations 4. - Different System Models, e.g.: 1. Narrow 2. Foundational, e.g. large language models 3. Long history of (re)invention - The Risks: 1. Discrimination, exclusion and toxicity 2. Information hazards 3. Misinformation harms 4. Malicious uses 5. Human-computer interaction harms 6. Automation, access and environmental harms Main Ethical Concerns In Relation To Al Risks  (Some) loss of personal autonomy and agency  Unequal access to opportunities, unfair treatment  Harm to persons  Encroachment upon privacy  Impact on deliberative democracy  Social inequality  Environmental harm The Regulatory Roadmap - The Proposal For The Al Act - 19 Feb 2020 Commission's White Paper on Al  Commission, Artificial Intelligence for Europe, COM (2018) 237 final Commission, Building Trust in Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence, COM (2019)168  HLEG, Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Al, 2019. HLEG, Assessment List for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (ALTAI) for self-assessment, 2020 - 21 Apr 2021 Commission's Proposal for a Regulation Laying down harmonized rules on Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act) and Amending Certain Union Legislative Acts - 18 Jun 2021 EDPB-EDPS Joint opinion 5/2021  12-15 Jun EU Parliament's vote for endorsement of the Draft Compromise Amendments. - 6 Dec 2022 Council's General Approach on the Proposal on the Al Act  EU Parliament's resolutions related to Al, including on ethics, liability, and copyright (20 Oct 2020) - 16 May 2023 Parliament Committees on the Internal Market and Civil liberties' Draft Compromise Amendments - Jul 2023 (expected) Trialogue  EU Parliament  Commission  Council - Final Approval (expected) in 2024 - Applicable in 2 years (expected 2026) The Regulatory Roadmap - The UK White Paper On Al - Office for Artificial Intelligence, National Al Strategy, 2021 - 20 Jul 2022 Office for Artificial Intelligence's Policy Paper "Establishing a proinnovation approach to regulating Al" - Consultations - 29 Mar 2023 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's White Paper "Al Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach" - 11 Apr 2023 The Information Commissioner's response to the Government's Al White Paper - Sep 2023 (expected)  Consultations Roadmap publication  Deliver the first central functions Guidance on cross-sectoral principles application - Mar 2024 (expected) + 12 months from March 2023 Publish the first monitoring and evaluation report Publish an updated Al Regulation Roadmap