21-04-2021 )
Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager (L), and European Commissioner in charge of internal market Thierry Breton (R), give a press conference on the EU approach to Artificial Intelligence in Brussels, Belgium, 21 April 2021. [EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET / POOL]
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“Since the very beginning of the vaccination campaign in Europe, we have heard questionable excuses from pharmaceutical companies trying to justify their failure to respect agreed commitments and live up to EU citizens’ expectations. This is not acceptable. Europe has paid for these vaccines in advance with public money and we demand that companies respect the agreements. Every single day of delay is a failure for our health and the economic recovery.”
S&D co-ordinator in the environment committee, Jytte Guteland
The S&D Group sent a clear message to pharmaceutical CEOs this week, calling on companies to increase the production of vaccines and look at future challenges with new variants and strains.
Artificial Intelligence technologies in the EU are set to come under the scope of new legislation that the European Commission aims to put forward in April.
This comes after a protracted period of policy consultation on the best direction for the EU to pursue in the field, with risks and benefits of equal measure being weighed up against one another.
There has been no shortage of those calling for the EU to equip itself with the resources to compete more seriously on the world stage in the development of innovative AI technologies. But on the same point, some stakeholders have been keen to remind the EU of the importance of preserving fundamental rights to privacy and the potential pitfalls that may arise should risks be overlooked.
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Just before Christmas, the House of Lords Liaison Committee published a new report on Artificial Intelligence (AI): “AI in the UK: No Room for Complacency”. The report examines the progress made by the UK government in implementing the recommendations of the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence in their 2018 report entitled “AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?”. The Select Committee had been appointed “to consider the economic, ethical and social implications of advances in artificial intelligence”, and its 2018 report made a large number of recommendations to the UK government on a range of technical, organisational and societal topics, as well as a recommended ethical framework for AI.
A group of peers has said the Government needs to better co-ordinate its policy on artificial intelligence and the use of data and technology in national and local government – with the appointment of a chief data officer being a crucial step.
The House of Lords Liaison Committee has published a report, AI in the UK: No Room for Complacency, saying the Government now has to move from defining the ethics to instilling them in the development and deployment of AI systems.
It examines the progress made by the Government in implementing the recommendations of the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence in its 2018 report, AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?