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RESEARCH
ANALYSIS
TRENDS

Creating trust in AI requires focus on the human

The age of digitization pervades almost all areas of life competition between different providers," says Prof. Dr.
- from the world of work to road traffic and the health Stefan Wrobel, director of the Fraunhofer IAIS and
sector to communication. professor of computer science at the University of
Bonn.
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing our
society, our economy, and our everyday life, and In addition to technical suitability, fundamental
provides great opportunities for our coexistence. philosophical and ethical aspects, legal issues must be
Current forecasts assume that the number of AI clarified as well. Hence, to ensure that people are
applications will grow exponentially in the next few always at the center of this development, a close
years. McKinsey, for example, predicts up to $ 13 exchange between computer science, philosophy and
trillion globally in additional value through artificial law is necessary. Several fields of action are emerging
intelligence by 2030. At the same time, it becomes from this interdisciplinary approach from an ethical,
clear that a careful design of AI applications is legal, and technological point of view.
necessary so that we can use the opportunities of AI in
harmony with our social values and ideas. The criteria for certification should be fairness,
transparency, autonomy and control, data protection as
To ensure that developments based on artificial well as security and reliability. Information on the
intelligence (AI) are technically, ethically, and legally correct use of the AI application should be available,
justifiable, an interdisciplinary team of experts from the and the interpretability, traceability, and reproducibility
Universities of Bonn and Cologne, under the leadership of results from artificial intelligence should be possible
of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and for the user. Conflicting interests - such as
Information Systems IAIS, is developing a test catalog transparency and confidentiality of trade secrets -
for the certification of AI applications and presents the would have to be weighed against each other.
fields of action from a philosophical, ethical, legal, and
technological point of view in a whitepaper. A first version of the test catalogue is in the making to
certify the first AI applications and the project managers
The certificate is intended to attest a quality standard work closely with the Federal Office for Information
that allows technology providers to make AI Security (BSI) on this, which has many years of
applications verifiable, technically reliable, and ethically experience in the development of secure IT. However,
acceptable. since AI is constantly evolving, the test catalog will
always be a "living document" that needs to be updated
"With the certification, we want to help set quality constantly. (Source: Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente
standards for 'AI Made in Europe', ensure that the Analyse- und Informationssysteme IAIS) ◊
technology is used responsibly, and promote fair
By Daniela La Marca

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