Bullet points of US, UK and EU sign on to the Council of Europe’s high-level AI safety treaty

Bullet points of US, UK and EU sign on to the Council of Europe’s high-level AI safety treaty
- The Council of Europe has signed a treaty on AI safety, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring AI systems are consistent with human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
- The treaty focuses on three main areas: human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, and sets out to protect against data misuse, discrimination, and privacy breaches.
- The treaty provides a legal framework for the entire lifecycle of AI systems, promoting AI progress and innovation while managing risks to human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.
- The treaty is technology-neutral and aims to be a global framework, with the potential to be ratified by countries worldwide.
- The treaty does not specify what AI risks it aims to protect against, but it commits signing countries to setting up regulators to address these risks.
- The treaty has been signed by several major markets, including the U.S., the U.K., and the European Union, but not by countries in Asia, the Middle East, or Russia.
- The treaty's implementation will require countries to ratify it individually, and it will take at least three months for the provisions to come into effect after ratification.