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HumaneAI releases AI research agenda for the telecommunications industry

In collaboration with the Humane AI net project, the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Telefónica, GSMA, The European Telecommunications Network Operators’ Association (ETNO) and German Entrepreneurship organised a closed-door industry workshop which took place on 29 November 2022 in Munich, Germany to discuss promising artificial intelligence (AI) research areas for the telecommunications industry.

AI Research agenda for the telecommunications industry
AI Research agenda for the telecommunications industry

The objective of the workshop was to define the telecommunications industry research agenda in AI. More than 10 mobile network operators (MNOs) participated from Europe and from the rest of the world (Australia, Middle East) including Axiata, O2 Germany, Orange, stc, Telefónica, Telenor, Telia, Telstra, TIM, Turkcell and Vodafone, and they came together for two days to discuss what is needed from AI in the future.

During the workshop, the Humane AI net project explained the major trends in AI research. Then, several companies shared how they are using AI currently in their operations and business practises. Finally, the respective companies explained what AI capabilities they would be interested in for the future.

This last part has been the input for the telecommunications industry AI research agenda. The agenda is available in English and Spanish.

Beyond ChatGPT: Europe Needs to Act Now to Ensure Technological Sovereignty in Next-Generation AI

We co-hosted a half-day event on May 25th at the European Parliament, titled Beyond ChatGPT: How can Europe get in front of the pack on Generative AI Models?, organized by a broad consortium from science and civil society.

The event resulted in a CALL FOR ACTION signed by the speakers in which AI experts “call upon the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the governments of the EU member states to make investments without delay, to protect our technological sovereignty, our shared values, and our future.”

The organizing committee included the HumanE-AI-Net European Network of Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) under the auspices of UNESCO, the Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence in Europe (CLAIRE), and other ICT-48 networks such as TAILOR, AI4Media, and VISION, and language projects like ELG and ELE.

The event was a success and

Download the statement here.

 

HumaneAI delivering a one day event @ European Parliament

We hosted a half-day event on May 25th at the European Parliament, Paul-Henri Spaak Building, Rue Wiertz 60, 1047 Brussels, Belgium, titled Beyond ChatGPT: How can Europe get in front of the pack on Generative AI Models?, organized by a broad consortium from science and civil society.

The organizing committee included the HumanE-AI-Net European Network of Centres of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) under the auspices of UNESCO, the Confederation of Laboratories for Artificial Intelligence in Europe (CLAIRE), and other ICT-48 networks such as TAILOR, AI4Media, and VISION, and language projects like ELG and ELE

The event was a sussces and included the following speakers: Paul Lukowicz, Cees Snoek, Fredrik Heintz, Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Virginia Dignum, Ieva Martinkenaite, Francesca Rossi, Holger Hoos, Marko Grobelnik, Catelijne Muller, Clara Neppel, Dino Pedreschi, and Cécile Huet.

HumaneAI extended until 2023

The HumaneAI project has been successfully extended into the HumanE-AI-Net under the H2020 call topic ICT-48-2020 – Towards a vibrant European network of AI excellence centres which now gives the consortium 3 years to build and exciting new scientific domain.

The HumanE AI Net brings together top European research centers, universities and key industrial champions into a network of centers of excellence that goes beyond a narrow definition of AI and combines world-leading AI competence with key players in related areas such as HCI, cognitive science, social sciences and complexity science.

New talk by project leader Paul Lukowicz

Künstliche Intelligenz Potenzial erkennen und nutzen

A new book by Virginia Dignum (Umea partner) is out with Springer

Responsible Artificial Intelligence, How to Develop and Use AI in a Responsible Way, Dignum, Virginia, Springer (New York – Berlin).

In this book, the Virginia Dignum examines the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence systems as they integrate and replace traditional social structures in new sociocognitive-technological environments. She discusses issues related to the integrity of researchers, technologists, and manufacturers as they design, construct, use, and manage artificially intelligent systems; formalisms for reasoning about moral decisions as part of the behavior of artificial autonomous systems such as agents and robots; and design methodologies for social agents based on societal, moral, and legal values.

Humane AI research plans

We have shaped a report describing results from an initiative to organize a community of researchers and innovators around a research program that seeks to create AI technologies that empower humans and human society to vastly improve quality of life for all. Read the deliverable.

Policy recommendations for Human Centered AI

The HumaneAI team has summarised the ideas and considerations that have emerged in the course of considering various ways to sustain and develop a large-scale Humane AI community in the absence of a Flagship. They are intended as recommendations for the funding bodies of the Union with respect to an efficient implementation of large-scale long-term research initiatives in AI and similar fields. Read the deliverable.

HumaneAI third project meeting

On October 10 and 11 the HumaneAI partners meet in Den Haag to create the Reseach Roadmap for the new science of Human Centric Artificial Intelligence.

HumaneAI Futures Labs: A series of workshops for a new AI science

On June 17 and 18 the HumaneAI partners designed and host five AI Research Labs aimed at generating greater awareness of the long-term implications of  a human-centered research agenda in AI among researchers, but also aimed at crating input for policy leaders, both within and outside of the civil service. This series is supported through the 37 partners under the leadership of DFKI.

Workshops to design a Human Centered AI roadmap in Europe

HumaneAI workshops in Paris
On June 17th and 18th the project partners will meet at Centre International de Conférences Sorbonne Universités in Paris to kick-start a series of research agenda workshops to leverage EU expectations of a Humane Centered AI in Europe. Delivering a compelling research is crucial to our chances of getting long term significant impact via the new Horizon Europe programme.