The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Internal Eligibility (LIBE) endorses this third party, which recommends consent to the Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. The process was led by MEP Paulo Cunha (PSD), who takes on the role of rapporteur for this topic and head of the PSD delegation in the European Parliament.
The approval of this report represents a major step towards the ratification of the first binding international legal instrument dedicated to the common life cycle of artificial intelligence (IA) systems. A central goal of the agreement is to ensure that technological advances do not threaten the pillars of the state of governance, thus ensuring the compatibility of artificial intelligence with human directions on a global scale.
Tamper protection
During today’s session, Paulo Cunha noted that the text approved by the parliamentary committee contains basic safeguards against the more sensitive use of technology. The Portuguese speaker highlights the need for regulation in areas with the potential for social impact, such as conversational AI and autonomous AI, focusing on three priority areas: fights disinformation to defend democracy ea protects vulnerable groups.
“To agree to this convention means to confirm that technology must serve people, protect the most vulnerable and strengthen, not undermine, democracy,” defends Paulo Cunha, quoted in a statement sent to DN, emphasizing that responsible innovation requires the integration of the Basic Directions from the conceptual phase of systems.
The convention, led by the Council of Europe, crosses the front lines of the European Union and counts as a group of foreign countries such as the United States of America or the United Kingdom, Israel and Japan. This understanding is to create an international reference master that promotes transparency and accountability for global technological development.
After approval at the Commission headquarters, the report will now be presented to the plenary sessions of the European Parliament for a final decision on consent.
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