On February 19, 2020, the European Commission issued “WHITE PAPER on Artificial Intelligence – A European approach to excellence and trust”
“The Commission supports a regulatory and investment oriented approach with the twin objective of promoting the uptake of AI and of addressing the risks associated with certain uses of this new technology. The purpose of this White Paper is to set out policy options on how to achieve these objectives. It does not address +the development and use of AI for military purposes.The Commission invites Member States, other European institutions, and all stakeholders, including industry, social partners, civil society organisations, researchers, the public in general and any interested party, to react to the options below and to contribute to the Commission’s future decision-making in this domain.”
The EU is pursuing a digital strategy that builds on our successful history of technology, innovation and ingenuity, vested in European values, and projecting them onto the international stage. The White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the European data strategy presented February 19, 2020 show that Europe can set global standards on technological development while putting people first.
Europe wants to lead the global digital transformation. The World Leadership Alliance, a partner of the Boston Global Forum, was very successful in organizing Policy Dialog “Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy” on October 21-22, 2019 in Madrid. The World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and the Boston Global forum will co-organize Policy Dialog “Transatlantic Approaches on Digital Governance:
A New Social Contract in Artificial Intelligence”, April 27-29, 2020 at Harvard University and MIT. The Boston Global Forum and World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid have significantly contributed for AI politics, and AI governance in 2018, 2019 with BGF-G7 Summit Initiative 4/2018 and AIWS-G7 Summit Initiative 4/2019.