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AI Standards for Global Impact: From Governance to Action AI Part 1: International

Figure 19: Left to right: Ebtesam Almazrouei, Executive Director of the Office of
AI and Advanced Technology at the Department of Finance, CEO and Founder of
AIE3, Chairperson of UN AI for Good Impact Initiative� John Omo, Secretary-General,
African Telecommunications Union (ATU)� Chih-Lin I, China Mobile Research Institute�
Pamela Snively, Chief Data & Trust Officer, TELUS� Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO, e&�

5�2 AI Standards: Building trust and supporting innovation in a
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Cameron F. Kerry, Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Brookings
Institution, highlighted the following in his keynote:

• The unpredictability of AI advancements, mentioned by the UK Safety Report and other
experts, necessitates a flexible and adaptive approach.
• Standards were identified as the number one priority for global AI collaboration, ranking
above ethical alignment, safety, and research and development (R&D).
• Standards bodies like ITU, ISO, and IEC play a critical role in creating frameworks for
transparency, accountability, interoperability, and risk mitigation.
• Standards bodies provide tools for measurement and assessment, helping to
operationalize AI policies and related best practices.
• The distributed and multistakeholder approach used in internet governance (e.g. Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)) was highlighted as a model for
AI governance.
• When it comes to AI safety and governance, some of the important work to be considered
– which show how principles evolve into frameworks, standards, or binding rules – include
the following, among others:

o The OECD AI Principles (2019), which laid the foundation for global AI ethics.
o The Hiroshima AI Principles, initiated by Japan during the G7, which emphasize
transparency and accountability in foundational models.
o The Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) and the Hiroshima Friends Group, which now
includes 56 governments, demonstrating the global uptake of AI governance efforts.

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