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- 20 maj 2021
Council Library Guides on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area which has driven a lot of discourse lately. Trustworthy AI can help improve our lives, solve societal challenges, increase the security of EU citizens, improve health systems and help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the technologies are evolving at an ever-increasing pace, often without adequate governance, oversight, or accountability measures.
Consequently, artificial intelligence is high on the EU agenda. In October 2020, the German Presidency of the Council of the EU issued Presidency conclusions on the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the context of artificial intelligence and digital change. Designed to anchor the EU's fundamental rights and values in the evolving era of digitalisation, the conclusions provide guidance on dignity, freedoms, equality, solidarity, citizens' rights and justice.
On April 21 the European Commission proposed a set of actions to boost excellence in AI, and rules to ensure that the technology is trustworthy, transparent, ethical, unbiased and under human control.
The Regulation on a European Approach for Artificial Intelligence and the update of the Coordinated Plan on AI aim to protect the safety and fundamental rights of citizens, whilst fostering innovation across EU countries.
This is clearly an area that requires continuous evaluation. For that reason the Council Library has created a number of Library Guides to facilitate access to authoritative information in this ever-expanding area.
The Library Guide on Artificial Intelligence provides an introduction to some of the most relevant resources in this field. It contains access to policy-specific information, along with interesting books, journals, databases, newsletters and EU publications.
For those looking to find more specific information on the ethics of AI, a Library Guide has also been created on Responsible Artificial Intelligence : ethics and regulation. It contains links to books, articles, think-tank papers, EU publications, podcasts and videos.
Finally, for those looking to examine gender bias in AI in more detail, another library guide has been created. It contains links to relevant books, articles, databases podcast episodes and TED talks:
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