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In June 2017, The Parliament established the Select Committee on AI to further consider the economic, ethical
and social implications of advances in artificial intelligence, and to make recommendations. In April 2018, the
Committee published a report, “AI in the UK: ready, willing and able?” which considers AI development and
governance in the UK. It acknowledges that the UK cannot compete with the US or China in terms of funding
or people, but suggests the country may have a competitive advantage in considering the ethics of AI such as:
(1) AI should be developed for the common good and benefit of humanity;

(2) AI should operate on principles of intelligibility and fairness;

(3) AI should not be used to diminish the data rights or privacy of individuals, families or communities;
(4) all citizens have the right to be educated to enable them to flourish mentally, emotionally and
economically alongside AI;

(5) the autonomous power to hurt, destroy or deceive human beings should never be vested in AI.
Another organization, Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, was established to review the existing
governance landscape and advise the government on ethical, safe and innovative uses of data, including AI.
And All Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence is to address ethical issues, social impact,
industry norms, and regulatory options for AI in Parliament.
The UK government also launched a Sector Deal for AI to advance the UK’s ambitions in AI consistent with
its Industrial Strategy, and taking into account the advice of the Parliament’s Select Committee on AI.

5. France

“We have to be in a position to build, in France and in Europe, an artificial intelligence ecosystem,” President
Emmanuel Macron said in a speech. “We should have a policy of open data,” he added, and “have to think on
the subject from a political and ethical point of view … to come up with a common understanding and rules.”

With an investment of nearly €1.5 billion euros for AI until 2020, President Macron aims to do nothing less
than to lead his country into the age of AI and erase 30 years of underperformance on innovation. Details for
the following have not be released, but €700 million will go towards research, €100 million this year to AI
startups and companies, €70 million annually through France’s Public Investment Bank, and €400 million to
industrial projects in AI.

His plan consists of four components:
(1) announce several initiatives to strengthen France’s AI ecosystem and attract the international talent. Key
among them was the announcement of the National Artificial Intelligence Programme, which will create a
network of four or five research institutes across France.

(2) develop an open data policy to drive the adoption and application of AI in sectors where France already
has the potential for AI excellence, such as healthcare;

(3) the government will create a regulatory and financial framework to support the development of domestic
“AI champions;”

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