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2018/2088(INI) Comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence and robotics

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ITRE FOX Ashley (icon: ECR ECR) SAUDARGAS Algirdas (icon: PPE PPE), KAILI Eva (icon: S&D S&D), NAGTEGAAL Caroline (icon: ALDE ALDE), BÜTIKOFER Reinhard (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), TAMBURRANO Dario (icon: EFDD EFDD), KAPPEL Barbara (icon: ENF ENF)
Committee Opinion ENVI PIECHA Bolesław G. (icon: ECR ECR) Stefan ECK (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), Elena GENTILE (icon: S&D S&D), Miroslav MIKOLÁŠIK (icon: PPE PPE)
Committee Opinion EMPL
Committee Opinion REGI
Committee Opinion LIBE BONI Michał (icon: PPE PPE) Daniel DALTON (icon: ECR ECR)
Committee Opinion IMCO CHARANZOVÁ Dita (icon: ALDE ALDE) Antanas GUOGA (icon: PPE PPE), Marcus PRETZELL (icon: ENF ENF), Catherine STIHLER (icon: S&D S&D)
Committee Opinion JURI DELVAUX Mady (icon: S&D S&D)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54

Events

2019/07/17
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2019/02/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2019/02/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 54 with 45 abstentions a resolution on a comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.

Members pointed out that AI and robotics drive innovation, leading to new business models and playing a key role in transforming societies and digitising economies in many sectors, such as industry, health care, construction and transport. Parliament stated at the same time, that AI and robotics should be developed and deployed in a human-centred approach with the aim of supporting humans at work and at home.

It made a series of recommendations.

Labour in the era of artificial intelligence and robotics

Automation combined with artificial intelligence will increase productivity and thus increase output. Some jobs will be replaced but new jobs will also be created. As citizens of all ages will be impacted, Members stressed that education curricula must be adapted, including through the establishment of new learning paths and the use of new delivery technologies. In particular the need for digital skills, including coding, should be included in teaching and training from the early school years to life-long learning.

Members recommended that Member States, alongside private sector actors, identify the risks and develop strategies to ensure that relevant retraining and reskilling programmes are developed for workers in the industries most affected by the automation of tasks.

Malicious use of artificial intelligence

Parliament highlighted the fact that malicious or negligent use of AI could threaten digital security and physical and public safety, as it could be used to attacks on information society services and connected machinery,. It called on the Commission to:

- propose a framework that penalises perception manipulation practices when personalised content or news feeds lead to negative feelings and distortion of the perception of reality that might lead to negative consequences (for example, election outcomes, or distorted perceptions on social matters such as migration);

- take note of the social challenges arising from practices resulting from the ranking of citizens, who should not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of their ranking.

The technological path towards artificial intelligence and robotics

Parliament welcomed the Commission's proposal for the Digital Europe Programme and the budget of EUR 2.5 billion pledged to Artificial Intelligence, as well as the increase in funding under the Horizon 2020 programme. It emphasised that AI research must invest not only in technology and innovation, but also AI-related social, ethical and liability areas, and any AI model deployed should have ethics by design.

Members recommended greater investment in this field in order to remain competitive and facilitate access to credible information addressing the main concerns about AI and robotics such as privacy, safety and transparency in decision-making. They also underlined that a rapid, safe and secure development of 5G is essential to guarantee that the Union can reap the full benefits of AI and protect against cyber security threats.

Industrial policy

Members recommended the use and promotion of public-private partnerships to explore solutions to key challenges while emphasising the need to standardize the design and use of AI systems.

Parliament stressed the importance of concentrating public support for AI on the strategic sectors in which European industry has the greatest opportunities to play a leading role at a global level and which have added value in the general public interest such as public sector, health, energy, transport, agriculture and the food chain, cybersecurity and SMEs.

Legal framework

In order to promote a regulatory environment conducive to the development of AI, Members asked the Commission to regularly re-evaluate existing legislation in order to ensure that it is it is fit for purpose with respect to AI while also respecting EU fundamental values. Parliament noted, at the same time, that AI is a notion encompassing a wide range of products and applications, from automation, algorithms and narrow artificial intelligence to general artificial intelligence. Accordingly, a comprehensive law or regulation on AI should be approached with caution, as sectoral regulation may provide policies that are general enough but also refined up to the level where they are meaningful for the industrial sector.

Ethical aspects

Parliament called for the creation of an ethical charter of best practice for AI and robotics that companies and experts should follow. It called on the Commission to:

- ensure that applications based on AI should not use data collected from various sources without first receiving the consent of the data subject;

- create a framework that makes sure that consent given by the data subject will generate data only for the intended purposes;

- respect the right of citizens to an offline life and to ensure that there is no discrimination against citizens on whom no data has been recorded.

The resolution stressed that ethical rules must be in place to ensure human-centric AI development, the accountability and transparency of algorithmic decision-making systems, clear liability rules and fairness.

Governance

Members called on the Commission and the Member States to consider the creation of a European regulatory agency for AI and algorithmic decision-making tasked, inter alia, with: (i) establishing a risk assessment matrix for classifying algorithm types and application domains according to their potential for a significant negative impact on citizens; (ii) investigating the use of algorithmic systems where a case of infringement of human rights is suspected (with evidence provided by a whistle-blower, for example); (iii) enhancing the effectiveness of the tort liability mechanism; (iv) auditing the AIAs of high-level impact systems to approve or reject the proposed uses of algorithmic decision-making in highly sensitive and/or safety-critical application domains (private health-care, for instance).

Lastly, Parliament stressed the different models being developed in third countries, specifically in the US, China, Russia and Israel, and highlighted the values-based approach used in Europe and the need to work with international partners in bilateral and multilateral settings, for the ethical advancement and adoption of AI.

Documents
2019/02/12
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2019/02/11
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2019/01/30
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2019/01/30
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2019/01/14
   EP - Vote in committee
2018/12/13
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2018/12/12
   EP - Specific opinion
Documents
2018/12/10
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2018/12/07
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2018/11/21
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2018/11/14
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2018/10/23
   EP - FOX Ashley (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
2018/06/20
   EP - BONI Michał (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2018/06/14
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2018/06/14
   EP - Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament
2018/05/16
   EP - CHARANZOVÁ Dita (ALDE) appointed as rapporteur in IMCO
2018/05/15
   EP - DELVAUX Mady (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in JURI
2018/05/02
   EP - PIECHA Bolesław G. (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI

Documents

Activities

Votes

A8-0019/2019 - Ashley Fox - Résolution #

2019/02/12 Outcome: +: 572, -: 54, 0: 45
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AmendmentsDossier
466 2018/2088(INI)
2018/09/07 ENVI 59 amendments...
source: 627.663
2018/11/09 LIBE 77 amendments...
source: 630.455
2018/12/07 ITRE 330 amendments...
source: 631.926

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  • The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted an own-initiative report by Ashley FOX (ECR, UK) on a comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
  • AI is evolving rapidly and has been a part of everyday life for many years. AI and robotics drive innovation, leading to new business models and playing a key role in transforming societies and digitising economies in many sectors, such as industry, health care, construction and transport.
  • In light of this phenomenon, the report made a series of recommendations.
  • A society supported by artificial intelligence and robotics
  • Automation combined with artificial intelligence will increase productivity and thus increase output. Some jobs will be replaced but new jobs will also be created. In this context, Members recommended that Member States, alongside private sector actors, identify the risks and develop strategies to ensure that relevant retraining and reskilling programmes are developed for workers in the industries most affected by the automation of tasks. Education curricula must also be adapted.
  • Expressing concern about the possible misuse of artificial intelligence at the expense of fundamental rights, the report advocated that AI research also focus on the detection of accidentally or maliciously corrupted AI and robotics.
  • The technological path towards artificial intelligence and robotics
  • The report welcomed the Commission's proposal for the Digital Europe Program and the budget of EUR 2.5 billion pledged to Artificial Intelligence, as well as the increase in funding under the Horizon 2020 programme.
  • It emphasised that AI research must invest not only in technology and innovation, but also AI-related social, ethical and liability areas, and any AI model deployed should have ethics by design.
  • Members recommended greater investment in this field in order to remain competitive and facilitate access to credible information addressing the main concerns about AI and robotics such as privacy, safety and transparency in decision-making. They also underlined that a rapid, safe and secure development of 5G is essential to guarantee that the Union can reap the full benefits of AI and protect against cyber security threats.
  • Industrial policy
  • Members recommended the use and promotion of public-private partnerships to explore solutions to key challenges while emphasising the need to standardize the design and use of AI systems.
  • The report stressed the importance of concentrating public support for AI on the strategic sectors in which European industry has the greatest opportunities to play a leading role at a global level and which have added value in the general public interest such as public sector, health, energy, transport, agriculture and the food chain, cybersecurity and SMEs.
  • Legal framework
  • In order to promote a regulatory environment conducive to the development of AI, Members asked the Commission to regularly re-evaluate existing legislation in order to ensure that it is it is fit for purpose with respect to AI while also respecting EU fundamental values
  • The report underlined the importance of the principle of mutual recognition in the cross-border use of smart goods, including robots and robotic systems and the need to integrate the security and privacy by design principles in their policies related to robotics and artificial intelligence. Any forthcoming Union regulatory framework on AI should respect the confidentiality of communications and the protection of personal data.
  • Members called for the creation of an ethical charter of best practice for AI and robotics that companies and experts should follow, stressing that ethical rules must be in place to ensure human-centric AI development, the accountability and transparency of algorithmic decision-making systems, clear liability rules and fairness.
  • Governance
  • Members called on the Commission and the Member States to consider the creation of a European regulatory agency for AI and algorithmic decision-making tasked with:
  • - establishing a risk assessment matrix for classifying algorithm types and application domains according to their potential for a significant negative impact on citizens;
  • - investigating the use of algorithmic systems where a case of infringement of human rights is suspected (with evidence provided by a whistle-blower, for example);
  • - advising other regulatory agencies about algorithmic systems falling within their remit;
  • - enhancing the effectiveness of the tort liability mechanism;
  • - auditing the AIAs of high-level impact systems to approve or reject the proposed uses of algorithmic decision-making in highly sensitive and/or safety-critical application domains (private health-care, for instance);
  • - investigating suspected cases of rights violations by algorithmic decision-making systems.
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  • date: 2018-11-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE630.525 title: PE630.525 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 2018-11-21T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE623.609&secondRef=02 title: PE623.609 committee: ENVI type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2018-12-07T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE631.809 title: PE631.809 committee: IMCO type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2018-12-10T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE631.926 title: PE631.926 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 2018-12-12T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE631.777 title: PE631.777 committee: JURI type: Specific opinion body: EP
  • date: 2018-12-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE629.403&secondRef=02 title: PE629.403 committee: LIBE type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00 docs: title: PE632.896 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
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  • date: 2018-06-14T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2018-06-14T00:00:00 type: Referral to associated committees announced in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2019-01-14T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2019-0019&language=EN title: A8-0019/2019 summary: The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted an own-initiative report by Ashley FOX (ECR, UK) on a comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. AI is evolving rapidly and has been a part of everyday life for many years. AI and robotics drive innovation, leading to new business models and playing a key role in transforming societies and digitising economies in many sectors, such as industry, health care, construction and transport. In light of this phenomenon, the report made a series of recommendations. A society supported by artificial intelligence and robotics Automation combined with artificial intelligence will increase productivity and thus increase output. Some jobs will be replaced but new jobs will also be created. In this context, Members recommended that Member States, alongside private sector actors, identify the risks and develop strategies to ensure that relevant retraining and reskilling programmes are developed for workers in the industries most affected by the automation of tasks. Education curricula must also be adapted. Expressing concern about the possible misuse of artificial intelligence at the expense of fundamental rights, the report advocated that AI research also focus on the detection of accidentally or maliciously corrupted AI and robotics. The technological path towards artificial intelligence and robotics The report welcomed the Commission's proposal for the Digital Europe Program and the budget of EUR 2.5 billion pledged to Artificial Intelligence, as well as the increase in funding under the Horizon 2020 programme. It emphasised that AI research must invest not only in technology and innovation, but also AI-related social, ethical and liability areas, and any AI model deployed should have ethics by design. Members recommended greater investment in this field in order to remain competitive and facilitate access to credible information addressing the main concerns about AI and robotics such as privacy, safety and transparency in decision-making. They also underlined that a rapid, safe and secure development of 5G is essential to guarantee that the Union can reap the full benefits of AI and protect against cyber security threats. Industrial policy Members recommended the use and promotion of public-private partnerships to explore solutions to key challenges while emphasising the need to standardize the design and use of AI systems. The report stressed the importance of concentrating public support for AI on the strategic sectors in which European industry has the greatest opportunities to play a leading role at a global level and which have added value in the general public interest such as public sector, health, energy, transport, agriculture and the food chain, cybersecurity and SMEs. Legal framework In order to promote a regulatory environment conducive to the development of AI, Members asked the Commission to regularly re-evaluate existing legislation in order to ensure that it is it is fit for purpose with respect to AI while also respecting EU fundamental values The report underlined the importance of the principle of mutual recognition in the cross-border use of smart goods, including robots and robotic systems and the need to integrate the security and privacy by design principles in their policies related to robotics and artificial intelligence. Any forthcoming Union regulatory framework on AI should respect the confidentiality of communications and the protection of personal data. Members called for the creation of an ethical charter of best practice for AI and robotics that companies and experts should follow, stressing that ethical rules must be in place to ensure human-centric AI development, the accountability and transparency of algorithmic decision-making systems, clear liability rules and fairness. Governance Members called on the Commission and the Member States to consider the creation of a European regulatory agency for AI and algorithmic decision-making tasked with: - establishing a risk assessment matrix for classifying algorithm types and application domains according to their potential for a significant negative impact on citizens; - investigating the use of algorithmic systems where a case of infringement of human rights is suspected (with evidence provided by a whistle-blower, for example); - advising other regulatory agencies about algorithmic systems falling within their remit; - enhancing the effectiveness of the tort liability mechanism; - auditing the AIAs of high-level impact systems to approve or reject the proposed uses of algorithmic decision-making in highly sensitive and/or safety-critical application domains (private health-care, for instance); - investigating suspected cases of rights violations by algorithmic decision-making systems.
  • date: 2019-02-11T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20190211&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament
  • date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2019-0081 title: T8-0081/2019 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 572 votes to 54 with 45 abstentions a resolution on a comprehensive European industrial policy on artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Members pointed out that AI and robotics drive innovation, leading to new business models and playing a key role in transforming societies and digitising economies in many sectors, such as industry, health care, construction and transport. Parliament stated at the same time, that AI and robotics should be developed and deployed in a human-centred approach with the aim of supporting humans at work and at home. It made a series of recommendations. Labour in the era of artificial intelligence and robotics Automation combined with artificial intelligence will increase productivity and thus increase output. Some jobs will be replaced but new jobs will also be created. As citizens of all ages will be impacted, Members stressed that education curricula must be adapted, including through the establishment of new learning paths and the use of new delivery technologies. In particular the need for digital skills, including coding, should be included in teaching and training from the early school years to life-long learning. Members recommended that Member States, alongside private sector actors, identify the risks and develop strategies to ensure that relevant retraining and reskilling programmes are developed for workers in the industries most affected by the automation of tasks. Malicious use of artificial intelligence Parliament highlighted the fact that malicious or negligent use of AI could threaten digital security and physical and public safety, as it could be used to attacks on information society services and connected machinery,. It called on the Commission to: - propose a framework that penalises perception manipulation practices when personalised content or news feeds lead to negative feelings and distortion of the perception of reality that might lead to negative consequences (for example, election outcomes, or distorted perceptions on social matters such as migration); - take note of the social challenges arising from practices resulting from the ranking of citizens, who should not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of their ranking. The technological path towards artificial intelligence and robotics Parliament welcomed the Commission's proposal for the Digital Europe Programme and the budget of EUR 2.5 billion pledged to Artificial Intelligence, as well as the increase in funding under the Horizon 2020 programme. It emphasised that AI research must invest not only in technology and innovation, but also AI-related social, ethical and liability areas, and any AI model deployed should have ethics by design. Members recommended greater investment in this field in order to remain competitive and facilitate access to credible information addressing the main concerns about AI and robotics such as privacy, safety and transparency in decision-making. They also underlined that a rapid, safe and secure development of 5G is essential to guarantee that the Union can reap the full benefits of AI and protect against cyber security threats. Industrial policy Members recommended the use and promotion of public-private partnerships to explore solutions to key challenges while emphasising the need to standardize the design and use of AI systems. Parliament stressed the importance of concentrating public support for AI on the strategic sectors in which European industry has the greatest opportunities to play a leading role at a global level and which have added value in the general public interest such as public sector, health, energy, transport, agriculture and the food chain, cybersecurity and SMEs. Legal framework In order to promote a regulatory environment conducive to the development of AI, Members asked the Commission to regularly re-evaluate existing legislation in order to ensure that it is it is fit for purpose with respect to AI while also respecting EU fundamental values. Parliament noted, at the same time, that AI is a notion encompassing a wide range of products and applications, from automation, algorithms and narrow artificial intelligence to general artificial intelligence. Accordingly, a comprehensive law or regulation on AI should be approached with caution, as sectoral regulation may provide policies that are general enough but also refined up to the level where they are meaningful for the industrial sector. Ethical aspects Parliament called for the creation of an ethical charter of best practice for AI and robotics that companies and experts should follow. It called on the Commission to: - ensure that applications based on AI should not use data collected from various sources without first receiving the consent of the data subject; - create a framework that makes sure that consent given by the data subject will generate data only for the intended purposes; - respect the right of citizens to an offline life and to ensure that there is no discrimination against citizens on whom no data has been recorded. The resolution stressed that ethical rules must be in place to ensure human-centric AI development, the accountability and transparency of algorithmic decision-making systems, clear liability rules and fairness. Governance Members called on the Commission and the Member States to consider the creation of a European regulatory agency for AI and algorithmic decision-making tasked, inter alia, with: (i) establishing a risk assessment matrix for classifying algorithm types and application domains according to their potential for a significant negative impact on citizens; (ii) investigating the use of algorithmic systems where a case of infringement of human rights is suspected (with evidence provided by a whistle-blower, for example); (iii) enhancing the effectiveness of the tort liability mechanism; (iv) auditing the AIAs of high-level impact systems to approve or reject the proposed uses of algorithmic decision-making in highly sensitive and/or safety-critical application domains (private health-care, for instance). Lastly, Parliament stressed the different models being developed in third countries, specifically in the US, China, Russia and Israel, and highlighted the values-based approach used in Europe and the need to work with international partners in bilateral and multilateral settings, for the ethical advancement and adoption of AI.
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