US joins Council of EU's AI and human rights framework

"We must ensure that the rise of AI upholds our standards, rather than undermining them," Marija Pejčinović Burić, secretary general of the Council of Europe, said. "The Framework Convention is an open treaty with a potentially global reach. I hope that these will be the first of many signatures and that they will be followed quickly by ratifications, so that the treaty can enter into force as soon as possible."

"The AI Treaty is historic," Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, told Nextgov/FCW. "There is now consensus on the need to safeguard fundamental rights, democratic values and the rule of law in the development and oversight of AI systems."

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