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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: POLICY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
- 14 November 2024
- Communications & Digital Technologies
- SA Legal Academy
According to a notice unceremoniously published by the Department of Communications & Digital Technologies on 25 October 2024 in the margin of its website under ‘current affairs’ (and including a dysfunctional link), input is sought by 29 November on a national policy framework for artificial intelligence (AI). Perhaps the notice is referring to a document released on 14 August 2024, according to Werksman’s attorney Wendy Rosenberg. At the time, the deadline for input was 30 September.
Whatever the case, the absence of a media statement or Government Gazette notice calling for submissions tends either to point to gross negligence or a clandestine approach confining the public consultation process to a select few. The process began with another document unceremoniously released in April 2024 – dated October 2023 and focusing on AI ‘planning’, as SA Legal Academy reported at the time.
The August 2024 proposed policy framework is built around several ‘strategic AI pillars’:
- talent/capacity development
- digital infrastructure
- research, development and innovation
- public sector implementation
- ethical guidelines
- privacy and data protection
- safety and security
- transparency and explainability, and
- fairness (mitigating bias).
There is nothing else in the document of any substance.
- August 2024 national policy framework
- Werksman’s article
- SA Legal Academy report on April ‘planning document’
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch
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