UNESCO, Dutch launch project to prepare for AI supervision

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THE HAGUE, Oct 5 (Reuters) - The Netherlands and the U.N. on Thursday launched a project to help prepare Europe's national agencies to supervise artificial intelligence (AI)...

The project, undertaken with support of the European Commission, comes ahead of the passage of the AI Act, the broad legislation that is expected to govern AI use in Europe...

In the project, The United Nations' Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will be assembling information about how European countries are currently supervising AI and putting together a list of "best practices" recommendations...

The Dutch digital infrastructure agency (RDI) will be assisting UNESCO in communicating and meeting with national working groups from around Europe, including a first meeting on Thursday in The Hague...

Nathalie Berger, who heads the European Union body that helps states enact reforms, said the AI Act will be passed this year, but it will take an additional two years to come into full force...