In May 2018, the Ministers responsible for digital development from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the …land Islands released a Declaration on AI in the Nordic-Baltic Region. The countries agreed to collaborate in order to develop and promote the use of artificial intelligence to serve humans.
Name in original language
Declaration on AI in the Nordic-Baltic Region
Initiative overview
In May 2018, the Ministers responsible for digital development from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the …land Islands released a Declaration on AI in the Nordic-Baltic Region. The countries agreed to collaborate in order to develop and promote the use of AI to serve humans.The initiative has the following objectives:In this document, they specified that they would collaborate on:1. Improving opportunities for skills development.2. Enhancing access to data.3. Developing ethical and transparent guidelines, standards, principles, and values.4. Developing standards for hardware and software that enable privacy, security, and trust.5. Ensuring AI gets a prominent role in European discussions of the Digital Single Market.6. Avoiding unnecessary regulations.7. Using the Nordic Council of Ministries to facilitate policy co-operation.
Name of responsible organisation (in English)
Ministers Responsible for Digital Development
