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This AI strategy is distinct from other strategies because it is primarily a research and talent strategy. It’s
initiatives — the new AI Institutes (including the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute in Edmonton, the
Vector Institute in Toronto, and MILA in Montreal), CIFAR Chairs in AI, and the National AI program — are
all geared towards enhancing Canada’s international profile as a leader in AI research and training.

3. Germany

Germany's national AI strategy is expected to be publish at the Digital Summit 2018 in Nuremberg (December
3–4). In July 2018, Germany’s federal cabinet released a paper "AI made in Germany" that outlines the goals
of the national strategy to strengthen and expand German and European research in AI and focus on the
transfer of research results to the private sector and the creation of AI applications. According to the paper, the
German government has set aside around €3 billion for research and development of AI. Previously, basic
research in AI in Germany has been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with more than EUR
3 billion annually, while applied AI has been funded continuously by the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung - BMBF), for a total of €215 million in the past
thirty years (1988-2018).

The government pursues three key goals with the Artificial Intelligence Strategy:

(1) Germany and Europe are to become leaders in the development and application of AI technologies.
Germany’s competitiveness is to be underpinned.

(2) With the strategy, it is to be ensured that the development and use of AI is responsible and that it is
pursued for the common good.
(3) Within the framework of a broad dialogue within society and active political steering, AI is to be firmly
anchored in society in ethical, legal, cultural and institutional terms.

The proposed plan is quite comprehensive and also includes measures to attract international talent, respond to
the changing nature of work, integrate AI into government services, make public data more accessible, and
promote the development of transparent and ethical AI.

In June 2017, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) published ethical
guidelines for self-driving cars in a report titled, “Ethics Commission: Automated and Connected Driving,”
which defines 20 ethical rules for automated and connected vehicular traffic.

Moreover, in September 2018, the Data Ethics Commission created by the Federal Government. The
Commission has a mandate to develop recommendations for law and ethics of AI until October 2019.

4. The United Kingdom

With the intention for the UK to be the global leader in AI, the UK government announced it will invest over
£300 million in private sector investment from domestic and foreign technology companies, expand the Alan
Turing Institute, create Turing Fellowships, and especially launch the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation.

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