European Commission Issues ‘Ethics Guidelines For Trustworthy AI'

Following extensive consultations, the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group on AI released ethics guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence. Three broad principles emerged from those guidelines, suggesting that trustworthy AI should be:

1. Lawful — respecting all applicable laws and regulations
2. Ethical — respecting ethical principles and values
3. Robust — both from a technical perspective and taking into account its social environment

To meet those criteria, the guidelines establish seven specific requirements: human agency and oversight; technical robustness and safety; privacy and data governance; transparency; diversity, nondiscrimination and fairness; societal and environmental well-being; and accountability, including auditability. These interrelated requirements provide guiding principles on both ethical and operational decision-making.