POSITION | DIGITAL POLICY | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
International Digital Policies on AI Complementary international frameworks for harmonized and industry friendly technology standardisation.
31/05/2024 Executive Summary International cooperation on digital policies becomes increasingly significant with the rise of the highly complex Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Internationally operating businesses face difficulties in compliance as soon as competing frameworks and legislation enforce contradicting regulation. The Federation of German Industries (BDI) calls for and will support international cooperation and planning certainty. Business--friendly, unbureaucratic, harmonized, and trustworthy legal frameworks with actually risk-based and technology-neutral approaches to AI are vital for a thriving, competitive, globally connected and innovative European industry sector. Key messages German industry calls on legislators to address the following measures in the process of developing future-proof and balanced international AI governance. ▪ ▪
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Ensure harmonized legislation with complementary frameworks rather than competing regulation to safeguard a consistent level playing field, enable innovation, and mitigate risks across markets. Maintain a topen regulation that does not give preference to any particular technology. Minimizing the negative impacts for society and environment while maximizing the development and application of innovative AI products and AI based solutions, is only possible by keeping to a risk-based AI regulation approach. Keep legislation proportionate and non-bureaucratic to minimize administrative burdens and foster innovation - the reporting obligations for companies should be kept to a minimum. Align definitions, sub-categories, terminologies, taxonomies, and ontologies on already existing wording. Promote AI awareness by reinforcing AI literacy, skilled labour and holistic approaches to the whole AI ecosystems, including the strengthening of semiconductor supply chains and HPC-programs. Promote awareness on cybersecurity for AI (on data, training, models) as well as the opportunities of AI for cybersecurity. Develop international, technical-sound, performance-based standards for an inclusive ethical use of AI, promoting democratic values, and providing legal certainties to European companies. Strengthening European participation and representation in international standardization bodies.
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. | www.bdi.eu Polina Khubbeeva | Digitalisation and Innovation | T: +49 30 2028-1586 | p.khubbeeva@bdi.eu | www.bdi.eu