Recent study by Dr Kristina Irion joins up three EU policy areas that intersect in the digital age: consumer protection, EU governance of AI and EU external trade. "They are becoming so intertwined', says Dr. Irion. 'My research is breaking up the silos and drawing insights from their interactions.' According to the research, the source code clause within trade law restricts the EU's right to regulate AI policy. Dr Irion's study concludes that the EU position on source code in international trade agreements limits the EU's ability to regulate AI in the interests of consumers.

The AI Watch AI history timeline that was developed last year to provide an easy-to-grasp overview of the history of artificial intelligence has been updated with 2020 breakthroughs. The dataset of the selected breakthroughs is published on the JRC Data Catalogue. AI Watch invites you to download this dataset, use it and share with them any idea for improving it using the feedback form or contact them at EC-AI-WATCH@ec.europa.eu

During this CONNECT University session the participants had the opportunity to discover "Elements of AI", a course developed by Reaktor together with the University of Helsinki in order to teach the basics of Artificial Intelligence to citizens and EU staff from a wide range of backgrounds.

The Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a document prepared by the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG). This independent expert group was set up by the European Commission in June 2018, as part of the AI strategy announced earlier that year. The AI HLEG presented a first draft of the Guidelines in December 2018. Following further deliberations by the group in light of discussions on the European AI Alliance, a stakeholder consultation and meetings with representatives from Member States, the Guidelines were revised and published in April 2019. In parallel, the AI HLEG also prepared a revised document which elaborates on a definition of Artificial Intelligence used for the purpose of its deliverables.

The Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI provide an assessment list that operationalises the key requirements and offers guidance to implement them in practice. This assessment list will undergo a piloting process: all stakeholders are invited to test the assessment list and provide practical feedback on how it can be improved. This feedback will allow for a better understanding of how the assessment list, which is aimed to offer guidance for all AI applications, can be implemented within an organisation. It will also indicate where specific tailoring of the assessment list is needed given AI's context-specificity. All interested stakeholders can participate to the piloting process and start testing out the assessment list. An open survey or "quantitative analysis" which will be sent to all those who register to the piloting; The piloting phase will run from the 26th of June until the 1st of December 2019.

Welcome to the consultation on the Draft AI Ethics Guidelines of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG). The AI HLEG was established by the European Commission in June 2018 to support the implementation of its Strategy on Artificial Intelligence and to prepare two deliverables: (1) AI Ethics Guidelines and (2) Policy and Investment Recommendations. The first draft of the Guidelines, published on 18 December, is now open for consultation until 1 February (i.e. a two-week extension from the original deadline of 18 January, in order to allow the opportunity for more feedback). You can comment on or contribute to the individual sections of the draft, as well as provide your general feedback through the following consultation form. The AI HLEG also published a Definition on artificial intelligence which accompanies its deliverable.