Activities of Salvatore DE MEO related to 2020/2017(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector
Amendments (8)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
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1. Notes that the Commission has proposed to rapidly deploy products and services that rely on AI in areas of public interest and the public sector; emphasises that in the education sector, this deployment should involve educators, parents, learners and wider society and take their needs and the expected benefits into account in order to ensure that AI is used purposefully and ethically;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls on the Commission to include the education sectorassess the appropriate risk level of the education sector in order to establish if this sector should be included in the regulatory framework for high-risk AI applications given the importance of ensuring that education continues to contribute to the public good and given the high sensitivity of data on pupils, students and other learners; underlines that data sets used to train AI should be reviewed to avoid reinforcing gendercertain stereotypes and other biases;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
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3. Expresses its concernTakes note that schools and other public education providers are becoming increasingly dependent on using educational technology services, including AI applications,; expresses its concern that these technologies are currently provided by just a few technology companies; stresses that this may lead to unequal access to data and limit competition by restricting consumer choice; calls for this data to be shared with the relevant public authorities so it can be used in the development of curricula and pedagogical practices (in particular since these services are purchased with public money or oftherefore for investments in European IT companies in order to be able to develop the necessary technologies within the European Union, as well as a favourable data strategy enabling these companies to fered to public education providers for free, and because education is a common good)heir AI systems with the necessary data sets;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses the importance of putting in place a proper frameworkissuing guidelines for the public procurement of such services for the public sector, including for education providers, to ensure the relevant educational objectives, consumer choice and the respect of fundamental rights; stresses the need for public buyers to take into account specific criteria, such as linked to the relevant educational objectives and including non- discrimination and data privacy, and, specifically when purchasing services for public education providers, the involvement of educators, parents and learners;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls for recommendation algorithms and personalised marketing on audiovisual platforms, including video streaming platforms and news platforms, to be transparentexplainable, in order to give consumers insight into these processes and ensure that personalised services are not discriminatory; stresses the need to guarantee and properly implement the right of users to opt out from recommended and personalised services.