八大全球科技公司承诺遵循教科文组织《建议书》，致力构建更合乎伦理的人工智能

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卢布尔雅那，2024年2月5日——全球移动通信系统协会（GSMA)、INNIT、联想、LG AI研发（LG AI Research）、微软、摩托罗拉、赛富时和西班牙电信与联合国教科文组织签署了一项具有开创性的协议。在设计和使用人工智能（AI）系统时，这些公司将结合教科文组织《人工智能伦理问题建议书》中有关AI伦理的价值观和原则。

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“2021年11月，教科文组织取得了所有会员国的一致共识，通过关于人工智能使用的全球首个伦理框架。今天，我们得到了多个全球性科技公司的同一具体承诺，再次迈出重要一步。我强烈呼吁各个科技相关方以这八家公司为榜样。公私合作对于构建促进公共利益的AI至关重要。”

——联合国教科文组织总干事奥黛丽·阿祖莱（AudreyAzoulay）

该协议在举办于斯洛文尼亚克兰日的第二届联合国教科文组织人工智能伦理问题全球论坛上签署。协议要求公司在设计、开发、购买、销售和使用AI时充分发挥自身作用，确保人权得到保障。这是私营企业首次在该领域与联合国合作。

协议规定，为符合安全标准，并识别AI的不良影响，必须进行尽职调查，并采取及时措施预防、减轻或纠正这些影响，使之符合各国法律的规定。协议还强调了前期测试（在新的AI系统发布到市场之前的测试）之重要性。但鉴于市场上已有的AI系统迅速发展，协议还呼吁制定后期（投入使用后）的风险评估和风险控制措施。

教科文组织《人工智能伦理问题建议书》是世界上第一个，也是唯一一个针对AI的规范性框架。在过去的两年里，该框架的实施已经取得了实质性进展。如今，超过50个国家积极参与，相关多边合作也显著增加。

自《建议书》通过以来，教科文组织还在与私营部门的合作方面取得了进展，推动成立了由微软和西班牙电信共同主持的AI伦理商业理事会。该理事会致力于加强用于支持伦理和AI的技术，设计和实施《建议书》中规定的伦理影响评估工具，并为适宜的区域法规制定做出贡献。

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AI Ethics: 8 global tech companies commit to apply UNESCO's Recommendation

On 5 February, GSMA, INNIT, Lenovo Group, LG AI Research, Mastercard, Microsoft, Salesforce and Telefonica signed a ground-breaking agreement to build more ethical AI. The companies will integrate the values and principles of UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of AI when designing and deploying AI systems.

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"In November 2021, UNESCO forged a consensus between all its Member States to adopt the first global ethical framework for the use of artificial intelligence. Today, we are taking another major step by obtaining the same concrete commitment from global tech companies. I call on all tech stakeholders to follow the example of these first eight companies. This alliance of the public and private sectors is critical to building AI for the common good."

——Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director-General

The agreement was signed in Kranj, Slovenia at the 2nd UNESCO Global Forum on AI. It compels the companies to fully play their role in guaranteeing human rightsin the design, development, purchase, sale, and use of AI. This is the first time that companies have engaged with the United Nations in this area.

It states that due diligence, must be carried out in order to meet safety standards, to identify the adverse effects of AI, and timely measures taken to prevent, mitigate, or remedy them, in line with domestic legislation. The agreement also notes thatex-antetesting, (testing before a new AI system is released onto the market) is essential. But given the fast evolution of AI systems already on the market, it also calls for thedevelopment ofex-post(post-deployment) risk assessments and mitigation practices.

UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligencewas the world's first, and remains its only normative framework on AI. In the past two years, demonstrable progress has been made towards implementing this framework. Today, more than 50 countries are now actively engaged in its implementation and multilateral cooperation has increased considerably.

Since the adoption of the Recommendation, UNESCO has also been advancing collaboration with the private sector, leading to the establishment of aBusiness Council for Ethics of AI, co-Chaired by Microsoft and Telefonica. The Business Council is committed to strengthening technical capacities in ethics and AI, designing and implementing theEthical Impact Assessment toolmandated by the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, and contributing to the development of intelligent regional regulations.

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About UNESCO:

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization contributes to peace and security by leading multilateral cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication and information.With 194 Member States, UNESCO employs over 2000 people to coordinatea network of over 2000 protected cultural and natural sites. Headquartered in Paris with offices in 54 countries, its Director-General is Audrey Azoulay.

“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed” - Constitution of UNESCO, 1945.