IGF 2024

Description:
This workshop looks into regulating artificial intelligence (AI) governance for the Global South. The Global North has already carved out a path on AI governance through developing the “AI Ethical Principles” emphasizing transparency, fairness, and accountability and focusing on minimising the harms to human rights. If Global South countries had not been part of the conversations on global AI governance, do they see the current AI principles aligning with their own cultural values and contexts? Global South countries have not established comprehensive regulatory frameworks for AI yet. Developments in the Global North, especially the European Union, will influence how Global South countries develop their AI laws (Brussels effect 2.0). Another alternative is that Global South countries will approach AI regulation from an entirely different angle. In both cases, it is worth exploring the different pathways to AI regulation and whether the chosen regulatory approaches promote Sustainable Development Goals, and is tailored to their economic, societal and legal contexts. The workshop will give insight into the regulatory frameworks to AI in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia by using concrete examples of regulatory efforts. The workshop will emphasize the need for tailored regulatory frameworks that address the unique challenges and priorities of the Global South. A key theme will be how the Global South can benefit from the unprecedented opportunity to leapfrog traditional stages of development while minimising the apparent risks for human rights violations associated with AI. The workshop will hereby contribute to the second and fourth IGF 2024 themes. The workshop will be set up as panel discussion with recognised AI experts from Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. The workshop will ensure diverse gender representation amongst speakers. The panellists represent a diverse range of stakeholders, including academia, Government, Think Tanks and private sector.