Policy Brief No. 174 — June 2022 - A Two-Track Approach for Trustworthy AI

signalled its intention to become a world leader As expected, the European Union, the United in the development of international digital Kingdom and China have pledged to incorporate governance standards and certification programs international digital governance standards and through the creation of an AI Standards Hub certification programs as a compliance mechanism (Government of the United Kin. [...] In the United States, executive orders issued by the White House are The Government of China has also signalled calling for the creation of voluntary standards for its intention to use standards as a compliance trustworthy AI that should be adopted by federal mechanism for managing “high-stakes” AI departments and agencies and by industry. [...] The European Union has created a Supervisory The US government has taken a different approach Agency of AI that will manage the implementation by avoiding imposing regulatory constraints on the of the AI strategy and the upcoming regulatory AI industry, focusing instead on the development framework for AI.2 The agency is now working on of voluntary standards and certification to achieve crafting A. [...] In response to an executive order best to incorporate standards and certification from the White House, the US National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) set in motion the “US Leadership in AI: A Plan for Federal Engagement in Developing Technical Standards 1 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council Laying Down Harmonised Rules on Artificial Intelligence. [...] When it comes to products, machines appropriateness relates to the quality of the and infrastructure, the European Union and evidence, its relevance and reliability); and the United Kingdom appear aligned in their quest to modernize a huge number of standards → conclusions (the assurance obtained and safety codes by adding trustworthy AI about the subject matter information).