8 Amendments of Monika BEŇOVÁ related to 2020/2017(INI)
Amendment 9 #
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, 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 and leads towards improving and benefiting the public sector; recognizes the need to integrate digital tools, services and products such as robotics and machine learning; recognises that children are vulnerable group in terms of influencing their behaviour; emphasises that AI applications in the education sector must be applied reasonably with adequate safeguards and human-centric approach;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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2. Calls on the Commission to include the education sector 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 gender stereotypes and other biases; all forms of discrimination and biases including gender stereotypes; emphasises the value of the data sets available to the education sector and public sector at large; stresses the importance of securing integrity of the data whilst also working towards highest possible quality of the data; recognises that the single market is a source of invaluable data, which, with adequate safeguards in place, could be a tool for the furthering and harmonisation of the public education sector; stresses the need to develop a single EU code of ethics for AI in the education sector;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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3. Expresses its concern that schools and other public education providers are becoming increasingly dependent on educational technology services, including AI applications, 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 offered to public education providers for free, and because education is a common good); stresses the importance of inclusion of multiple AI providers in order to facilitate competition and widen consumer choices; encourages open source systems in order to foster innovation and advances in the EU;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
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4. Stresses the importance of putting in place a proper framework for the public procurement of such services for the public sector, including for education providers, to ensure consumer choice and the respect of fundamental rights; stresses the need for public buyers to take into account specific criteria, such as diversity, non- discrimination and data privacy, and, specifically when purchasing services for public education providers, the involvement of educators and learners;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
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5. Underlines the unreliability of the current automated means of removing illegal content from online platforms on which audiovisual content is shared; calls for a ban on generalised moderation and automated content filters; stresses the key requirements of AI applications such as accountability including auditability and reporting of negative impacts; emphasizes that transparency should also include traceability and explainability of the relevant systems; reminds, that AI applications must adhere to internal and external safety protocols which should be technically accurate and robust in nature; this should extend to operation in normal, unknown and unpredictable situations alike;
Amendment 99 #
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 transparent, 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.; recognises the importance of privacy of the consumers in EU; calls for development of mechanisms providing monitoring of consumer´s right to informed consent and freedom of choice when submitting data;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
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6 a. Stresses the need to improve the digital skills of educators, learners and wider society, whilst having regard to ´A Europe fit for the digital age´; emphasises that the AI solutions, products and services for the public sector and specifically for the education, must be human-centric or have human-in- command approach; recognises that the AI market amounts to around USD 664 million and is expected to grow to USD 38.8 billion by 2025; expects that the EU enhances its approach to promoting investment and financing of new AI solutions; underlines the need for constant strengthening of the single market and avoiding its fragmentation; stresses the need to integrate AI services into the Digital single market strategy;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
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6 b. Calls on the authorities and private education providers to include in the education curriculum content for building digital skills in an increasingly digital society, underlines the need for upskilling future workforce; recognises the benefit of forecasting jobs that will be disrupted by digital technology such as automation, digitalisation and AI.