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Afghanistan: Member States mandates UNESCO for developing Recommendation on Ethics of AI

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Member States mandates UNESCO for developing Recommendation on Ethics of AI

Through a resolution vote of the UN General Conference on 26 November 2019, Member states mandated UNESCO to elaborate an international standard-setting instrument on the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of a recommendation.

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Design requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
multilateral agreement
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2019-11-27
under deliberation

Through a resolution vote of the UN General Conference on 26 November 2019, Member states mandated …

2021-06-25
under deliberation

The Director-General of UNESCO convened an Ad Hoc Expert Group for the preparation of a draft text …

2021-11-24
adopted

The General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligenc…