The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyenurged this Sunday the creation of a overall framework to detect and combat the risks of Artificial intelligence (IA): “I think that Europe, and its partners, should develop a new global framework for the risks of AI. He should protect us against social risks systemic and, at the same time, encourage investment in safe and responsible AI systems”, said the EU president in the session on “a future” of the summit of the G20.
Von der Leyen focused his speech on the development of the AIa key issue in a world heading towards digitizationbut whose dangers and benefits must be analyzed in order to “take advantage of a technology that change rapidlyhe said. “We would need a body similar to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for the climate, and here we need a additional approach scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators” to provide insights into the risks and benefits posed by AI, he said.
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The high representative of the European Union (EU) also stressed during his speech at the Group of Twenty on Digital Public Infrastructures, another process of emerging transformation that can be “a real impulse for emerging economies”.
In this sense, he highlighted the efforts of the Indiathe hostess of the Group, in this field, where “it has achieved a remarkable success in the deployment of their digital public infrastructures”. “The possibilities are enormous, the investments, little. The trick is to build a public digital infrastructure that is interoperable, open everyone and reliable“, as in the case of digital certificates covid-19 that developed during the pandemic, he said. “The model was so functional and so reliable that 51 countries on 4 continents have adopted it free. Today the WHO (World Health Organization) uses it as a global standard to facilitate the mobility in times of threats to health,” he said.