Artificial Intelligence Governance and Ethics: Global Perspectives

TL;DR

This paper explores the global landscape of AI governance and ethics, highlighting international efforts and concerns regarding AI's societal impact, safety, and ethical standards across different regions.

Contribution

It provides an interdisciplinary analysis of AI ethics and governance initiatives from Australia, China, Europe, India, and the US, offering a comprehensive global perspective.

Findings

Diverse regional approaches to AI ethics and governance.

Growing international consensus on the importance of ethical AI.

Ongoing challenges in implementing and enforcing AI standards.

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a technology which is increasingly being utilised in society and the economy worldwide, and its implementation is planned to become more prevalent in coming years. AI is increasingly being embedded in our lives, supplementing our pervasive use of digital technologies. But this is being accompanied by disquiet over problematic and dangerous implementations of AI, or indeed, even AI itself deciding to do dangerous and problematic actions, especially in fields such as the military, medicine and criminal justice. These developments have led to concerns about whether and how AI systems adhere, and will adhere to ethical standards. These concerns have stimulated a global conversation on AI ethics, and have resulted in various actors from different countries and sectors issuing ethics and governance initiatives and guidelines for AI. Such developments form the basis for our research in this report, combining our international and interdisciplinary expertise to give an insight into what is happening in Australia, China, Europe, India and the US.