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AUDA-NEPAD White Paper: Regulation and Responsible Adoption of AI in Africa Towards Achievement of AU Agenda 2063

The African Union is a continental organization focusing on peace, security, and development in Africa, guided by Agenda 2063. The African Union Development Agency addresses socio-economic challenges and collaborates with international partners. A specialized panel provides expert guidance on emerging technologies for economic advancement. A white paper on AI regulation aligns with AU’s goals, emphasizing responsible adoption for Africa’s success. This strategy aids in achieving Agenda 2063’s vision of a prosperous Africa.

Global Digital Compact | Zero Draft

Principles and Recommendations

The Global Digital Compact aims to harness the benefits of digital technologies responsibly through international cooperation, emphasizing principles like inclusivity, human rights, and sustainability. It outlines objectives including closing digital divides, expanding digital literacy, fostering a safe digital space, advancing equitable data governance, and governing emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence. The Compact calls for collaborative efforts involving governments, private sector, civil society, and academia. It stresses the importance of financing, partnership, and ongoing review to ensure successful implementation and alignment with sustainable development goals.

Summary of 29 February 2024 GDC consultations

Summary of 29 February 2024 GDC consultations: Member states and observers discussed strengthening digital cooperation, focusing on principles like closing the digital divide, fostering inclusivity, ensuring data governance, and governing emerging technologies. Emphasis was placed on human rights, commitments to bridging digital divides, establishing secure digital spaces, advancing data governance, and governing emerging technologies, like Artificial Intelligence, while promoting innovation. Follow-up discussions highlighted the need to build on existing mechanisms, avoid duplication, and strengthen coordination among entities involved in digital cooperation.

Global Digital Compact: Academic/Policy draft texts

The message discusses the creation of Global Digital Compact drafts using a unique hybrid methodology combining human and AI inputs. These drafts focus on principles like bridging digital divides, upholding human rights, promoting digital trust and security, and agile governance of emerging technologies. The drafts emphasize actions related to digital inclusion, human rights protection, cybersecurity, and responsible development and use of emerging technologies. The goal is to establish a collaborative and inclusive approach to ensure a safe, equitable, and human-centric digital future for all stakeholders.

Amended WSIS Policy Documents (experiment in text relevance between 2003/2005 and 2024)

The document discusses modifications made to policy documents from the World Summit on the Information Society in 2003 and 2005, changing terminology to reflect a shift towards digital technology. The changes aim to assess the continued relevance of these policies in the digital era and future advancements. The Geneva Declaration of Principles highlights the importance of building an inclusive digital society based on principles such as access to information, capacity building, security in technology use, an enabling environment, and international cooperation. The text emphasizes the need for equal access, capacity building, and ethical considerations in the development of the digital society.

UN General Assembly resolution on AI – Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development

Conventions and Treaties

The UN General Assembly approved a resolution emphasizing the importance of safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for sustainable development. The resolution highlights the need for international cooperation, capacity building in developing countries, and ethical considerations throughout the lifecycle of AI systems. It stresses the urgency of bridging digital divides, promoting human rights, and fostering an inclusive governance framework for AI. The resolution encourages regulatory approaches, collaboration among stakeholders, and data governance to ensure the benefits of AI are accessible to all while mitigating risks.

Convention on AI and human rights (leak: draft framework convention, March 2024)

Conventions and Treaties

A leaked draft of the Convention on AI and human rights highlights the Council of Europe’s aim to regulate artificial intelligence systems in accordance with human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. It emphasizes the need to address risks and impacts of AI on various aspects of society while promoting responsible innovation. The Convention covers areas such as transparency, accountability, non-discrimination, privacy protection, and ensuring the integrity of democratic processes. It also establishes measures for oversight, remedies for violations, risk management, and international cooperation.

G7 INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL MINISTERIAL MEETING

Industry, Technology, and Digital Ministers of the G7 met to discuss leveraging digital innovation for economic growth and competitiveness. They reaffirmed commitment to the rule of law, addressed challenges of the digital economy, and condemned Russia’s aggression. Emphasis was placed on fostering innovation, competition, and ethical use of technologies. Collaboration with developing countries, supporting digital transformation in the public sector, advancing AI ethics, and promoting quantum technologies were highlighted. Efforts to ensure secure networks and to bridge digital divides were underlined. The Ministers also discussed promoting digital government services and developing a toolkit for AI in the public sector.

US-EU: Recommended actions for online platforms on protecting human rights defenders online

Principles and Recommendations

US-EU release guidelines for online platforms to protect human rights defenders online. The 10 recommended actions include establishing protection policies, identifying risks, exchanging information, creating implementation plans, allocating resources, building local capacity, providing safety tools, maintaining incident reporting channels, offering access to remedy, and committing to transparency and continuous improvement. Platforms are urged to prioritize resourcing, staff training, and regional context understanding to safeguard defenders against online threats.

German Strategy for International Digital Policy

Strategies and Action Plans

The German Strategy for International Digital Policy emphasizes the protection of democracy and freedom in the digital space, promoting human-centric and innovation-friendly rules, supporting secure data flows, shaping international standards, and ensuring the sustainability and resilience of digital societies globally. The strategy aims to safeguard fundamental rights online and offline, advocate for a global, open, and secure internet, enhance technology partnerships, facilitate secure data transfers, shape international standards, and utilize digitalization to address global challenges, emphasizing sustainability and inclusion in digital development.