The EU wants to become a global leader for AI governance. “There is, however, a gap between Europe’s lofty ambitions and its actual institutional capacity for research, analysis and policy development to define and shape the European way on AI guided by societal values and the public interest. Currently the debate is mostly driven by industry, where most resources and capacity for technical research sit. Compared to industry and business consultancies, European civil society organizations struggle to have as strong an impact on the policy debate. In the US in contrast, there are numerous innovative and highly visible initiatives and research programs that seek to study and address the social, political and ethical challenges of AI in the US. The lack of involvement of civil society poses a serious problem for the EU’s regulatory ambition: Any claims of the EU Commission regarding human-centric and trustworthy AI would be for nought if the concept and underlying regulatory agenda are developed for but not with civil society.” This is the opinion from the report by Stiftung Neue Verantwortung (SNV).
To solve this gap, The Boston Global Forum, World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid, and MIT Connection Science will establish The Transatlantic Alliance for Digital Governance. These three institutions will be the residence of the Alliance. The leaders of the Boston Global Forum are Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair, and Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO; the leaders of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid are President Danilo Turk and Maria-Elena Aguero, Secretary General; and the leader of MIT Connection Science is Professor Alex Pentland.