EU Global Leadership in Trustworthy AI: High Risk Applications – Implementation and Gabs
EU Global Leadership in Trustworthy AI: High Risk Applications – Implementation and Gabs

Author(s): Galya Mancheva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Economy, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: artificial intelligence; European union; regulations; symbolic approach; statistical approach; machine learning
Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to the European Union regulatory framework on Artificial Intelligence related to SME and the EU global position in this aspect. The objective is to follow up the readiness of the EU to have a global leadership in trustworthy AI. The thesis of the study is that the EU is not ready to have a global leadership in trustworthy AI. For the purposes of the analysis firstly the position of the EU globally is observed within the global trends in Artificial intelligence. Secondly, content analysis and cross-check of current the EU regulatory framework and legislation is performed in order to investigate the main raised issues and their stage of completion. It was found that the main unsolved and unregulated issues are related to adaptation of current legislation of national AI strategies and new and adapted liability rules to be established. As of the national AI strategies a total of 19 Member States, including Norway have adopted national AI strategies. Some Member States (e.g. Finland, Cyprus and Germany), have already updated and reviewed their initial strategies. Forthcoming national action have to be taken by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Romania, and Slovenia. As of the new and adapted liability rules, it is postponed to the end of 2022 the EU to measure adapting the liability framework to the challenges of new technologies, including AI. As per global trends, the inconsistency of the EU members will prolong the process of implementation the legislation and achieving the main EU goal to have a global leadership in trustworthy AI.

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