The role of ETSI in the EU's regulation and governance of artificial intelligence.

This paper explores the significant role that standardisation plays in the regulation and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) within the European Union (EU). As AI technologies rapidly advance, they bring about important societal implications involving privacy, fairness, transparency and othe...

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Published in:Innovation: The European Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 37; no. 5; pp. 1425 - 1441
Main Author: Gamito, Marta Cantero
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2024
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          School of Transnational Governance, European University Insitute, Florence, Italy
          School of Law, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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        European Telecommunications Standards Institute
        Artificial intelligence
        System integration
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        Digital technology
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          Artificial intelligence
          European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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          Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance
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        AI Act
        AI governance
        European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
        standard developing organisations (SDOs)
        standardisation
        AI Act
        AI governance
        European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
        standard developing organisations (SDOs)
        standardisation
      ab: This paper explores the significant role that standardisation plays in the regulation and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) within the European Union (EU). As AI technologies rapidly advance, they bring about important societal implications involving privacy, fairness, transparency and other relevant ethical considerations. As a result, legislators and policymakers around the world are joined by a common drive to provide legislative solutions and regulatory frameworks that guarantee that the ongoing integration of AI systems into society is consistent with fundamental rights and democratic values. This paper critically examines the EU Regulation on AI (AI Act), which delegates the definition of essential requirements for high-risks AI systems to harmonised standards, underlying the significance of standardisation in ensuring technical feasibility and compliance with EU laws and values. At the forefront of this discussion there is the increasing influence of AI-related standardisation across social, economic, and geopolitical domains, with a particular focus on the crucial role played by Standard Developing Organisations (SDOs) in the regulatory and governance processes. This paper contributes to the legal scholarship by critically analysing the regulatory approach chosen for the EU's AI Act, contesting the adequacy of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) for AI governance, and arguing that the reliance on harmonised standards risks undermining democratic accountability and fails to sufficiently safeguard fundamental rights without a more inclusive and transparent standard-setting process. The article focuses on the exclusion of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) from the European Commissions standardisation request in support of the AI Act, and asseses its potential impact on EU law-making and regulatory consistency. Ultimately, the analysis aims to contribute to the understanding of standardisation dynamics, offering insights into its profound implications for AI governance and the broader digital sphere.
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