See https://i4ada.org for additional information and videorecordings of the presentations held at the Hague Summit for Accountability in the Digital Age

1. The Hague Summit for the
accountability in the digital age
Panel on accountability & AI:
the Council of Europe and AI
Clementina Barbaro
Co-Secretary of the Ad Hoc Committee on artificial intelligence
(CAHAI)

2. Accountability: definition

3. Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers (IEEE)
• IEEE standards for ethical design, development
and implementation of machine learning
technologies
– Human rights – ensuring that AI does not infringe
on internationally recognised human rights
– Well being – prioritizing metrics of human well
being in AI’s design and use
– Accountability – ensuring designers and
operators of AI systems are responsible and
accountable
– Awareness of misuse – minimising the risks of AI
being misused

4. Accountability & AI
CoE member states are
accountable for ensuring
effective human rights
protection (Article 1 of
the ECHR)
…..they respond of the
behaviour of private
actors

5. The CoE response: CAHAI
Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Very first intergovernmental
Committee tasked with
examining the feasibility and
potential elements of a legal
framework on AI
Based on CoE standards on rule
of law, democracy and human
rights
2-year operational framework
Transparency ?
Explainability ?
Responsibility?
Certification ?

6. Its establishment is the sign of the
willingness of CoE member states to
go beyond ethical standards;
Why is the CAHAI unique ?
For the transversal character of its
work
For its innovative and democratic
working methods, based on
consultations with the private sector
& civil society

7. Thank you! Any questions?
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