The Ada Lovelace Institute works to create a shared vision of a world where AI and data are mobilised for good, to ensure that technology improves people’s lives. Using their three interlinked approaches to shaping regulation – building evidence, convening diverse voices, and shaping policy and practice.
With the passing of the AI Act, Ada Lovelace Institute is now focused on engaging EU institutions in Brussels on its implementation. They will work with the AI Office to make people’s concerns and proposals heard. The Institute will also focus on how the proposed European Commission’s AI and Digital Omnibus processes and Digital Fitness Check will impact Europe and the UK. And they’ll study how the Digital Fairness Act could manage problematic AI chatbots.
Ada Lovelace Institute focused on how liability is distributed across AI value chains. They investigated the public benefit of AI across disciplines, and how industrial and regulatory policy should be designed and evalauted to maximise that benefit. They also informed the implementation of the AI Act and the development of the AI Office, through their relationship with national AI Safety Institutes. The grant also enabled Ada to develop its strategy, internal culture and support Ada staff training.
Ada Lovelace Institute informed public and political debates on the AI Liability Directive and AI Act (“the AI Framework”) and other relevant laws by their research on their implications and impact on people and society. Shaped technical standards of the AI Framework to include fundamental rights. Developed and advocated for audit, impact assessment and evaluation methodologies that can be used to ensure the effective implementation of regulation.1) Ensure that public and political debates on the AI Liability Directive and AI Act (“the AI Framework”) and other relevant laws are well informed by interdisciplinary research into their implications and impact on people and society.
2) Support the effective implementation of the AI Framework through participation in and shaping of standard development mechanisms to ensure technical standards embed fundamental rights.
3) Develop and advocate for audit, impact assessment and evaluation methodologies that can be used to ensure the effective implementation of regulation.
The Ada Lovelace Institute researched the ethical, societal and human rights arguments around vaccination certificates and immunity passports and then proposed a six-point roadmap for “a vaccine passport system that delivers societal benefit”. They advocated for a pause on the roll-out of initiatives until an evidence based, publicly debated, ethical and sustainable approach to vaccine certification could be established that would not further exacerbate the disproportionate impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable.
