Global Digital Foundation

Global Digital Foundation is a think tank that offers policymakers a framework for dialogue with stakeholders and with their counterparts in other countries so that they can develop a shared understanding of the challenges of policy in a digital world.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Requirements for Artificial Intelligence

6 Aug 2021

We propose the addition of an article mandating the requirement contained in Whereas clause 60 (repeated below) for third parties to cooperate with providers and users. This would provide legal certainty for all actors in the value chain. It would ease the compliance burden for providers and AI value chain actors. It would increase public trust in AI. “In the light of the complexity of the artificial intelligence value chain, relevant third parties, notably the ones involved in the sale and the supply of software, software tools and components, pre-trained models and data, or providers of network services, should cooperate, as appropriate, with providers and users to enable their compliance with the obligations under this Regulation and with competent authorities established under this Regulation.” The additional article should place an obligation on these relevant third parties to provide such technical information as is required by providers and users to meet their obligations under this regulation.
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