Industrial policy for AI. This is the need he pointed out Undersecretary for Innovation, Alessio Butti, on the occasion of the presentation Coordination Committee to update strategies for using artificial intelligence. “Italy will have to mobilize all possible energy to start being a country that creates, and not just uses, artificial intelligence. And for that we need an industrial policy.”
In this sense, the work of the Commission will be invaluable, as it will have the task of creating “a strategy that will enable the country to become competitive again”.
Italy therefore, also with regard to the G7 presidency, actually wants to take a leading role in the field of artificial intelligence and technological transition, and the Coordination Committee aims to be an auxiliary tool for the development of the Government’s strategy on matter.
“Now the most important appointment concerns the Italian presidency of the G7, for which the current president, Giorgia Meloni, has already stated that she would like to make AI the main topic of the G7 conference to be held in Italy – pointed out Butti – and I remember that the question of the impact of artificial intelligence on the world of work was marked by President Meloni himself as a priority”.
Tasks of the Commission
“The inter-ministerial committee plays a key coordinating role in the implementation of initiatives for technological innovation and digital transition of public administrations – pointed out Butti – acting as a link between public innovation policies, also improving cooperation between the central and local levels”.
Artificial intelligence of things: what it is, how it works and what advantages it offers
The committee, composed of 13 experts (all names here) will have the task of studying the impact of artificial intelligence on the development of the digital economy and creating an Italian strategic plan that will affect responsibility, ethics and security. The commission will work until the end of January 2024.
A technical secretariat was also established in Agido with functions to support the Committee and for the preparation of documents necessary for the preparation of a strategic plan. The working group includes representatives of the Department for Digital Transformation and the Agency for Digital Italy.
“Our goal,” he explained Gianluigi Greco, coordinator of the Committee on the margins of the wind – it will be an update of Italy’s AI strategy which is now effectively outdated. Since 2021, this strategy has gone through time and many innovations have been introduced at the international level, such asLaw on AI, technological transformations and a newly discovered sense of ethics, a different vision of the impact that technologies must have on the world, on citizens and on our well-being”.
The team – emphasized Greco – is of a very high profile. There are great skills, not only IT, and where the skills are not complete, we will be very open to listen to the entrepreneurial fabric, social partners and all those who work in this world. The team’s work will be very intensive and will immediately include the first meeting. There is a lot of work to create that strategy – he concludes – the goal is to respect the ministerial deadlines until January 31″.
For Maria Chiara Carrozza, president of Cnr and member of the Committee, “the challenge to be overcome is to develop an industrial strategy that can move the country forward”.
“We have to be producers, not just buyers or spectators of artificial intelligence – he pointed out – But this can only be done collectively, listening to all the players. The AI game is a game we all play together.”
On the very day of the Board’s presentation, Carrozza was invited to lead the next G6 for research. The decision was made during the annual meeting of the president of the so-called G6 – a group that brings together the six largest European research organizations – which took place these days in Brussels, on the occasion of the annual rotation.
Enter Telco for Italy on December 12th
Artificial intelligence will have a significant impact on the telecommunications sector. Networks are becoming increasingly complex, with increasing demand for bandwidth and the need to manage an increasing number of concurrent connections. Thanks to artificial intelligence, it will be possible to optimize infrastructures, predict peak demand, predictively identify errors and malfunctions as well as suspicious activities. And above all, telecommunications companies will be able to develop increasingly personalized services based on the objective. “Edge cloud and artificial intelligence, the New Deal for telcos”, is the title of Telco’s publication for Italy at the end of the year (for agenda and registration click here) scheduled in Rome on December 12. Undersecretary for Innovation Alessio Butti will be present.
Artificial intelligence, proposal by Fratelli d’Italia
On the day of the official presentation, the FDI Committee presents to the Chamber a draft law on AI. The highlight of the text is the prohibition of intelligence systems Artificial that use imperceptible subliminal techniques or exploit the vulnerability of the elderly and disabled and that may cause physical or psychological harm. Suppliers and users have an obligation to disclose if the artificial intelligence system manipulates images or audio and video content and to prohibit the use of biometric systems of people without their permission, unless given the green light by a judicial or administrative body for reasons of prevention, investigation or detection of crimes.
The text of 14 articles, we read in the presentation, aims to ensure that artificial intelligence is safely developed and placed on the national market, exploiting its possibilities and advantages, and guarantees the protection of ethical principles. The competition authority has the task of identifying systems that are potentially harmful to the safety or health of users, as well as the power to withdraw them from the market.
The goal is to establish a National Committee for Artificial Intelligence Systems, whose regulation should create an experimental and temporary technical-regulatory space; and delegate the discipline for issuing quality certificates to the Agency for Digital Italy. Furthermore, in the media and publishing sector, it still explains the presentation, making the most complex decisions and ethical considerations must be up to the editors. The proposal also aims to encourage the development of artificial intelligence systems for the protection, preservation and enrichment of Italian cultural heritage.
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