Research and analysis

DLT(Distributed Ledger Technologies)/Blockchain refers to a type of database which is spread over multiple locations (i.e. a distributed database) and which can be used like a digital ledger to record and manage transactions. Although the technology is at a relatively…

Clearly, a system whose behaviour is impossible to guarantee seems unsatisfactory from a safety or regulatory perspective. To appreciate why components that incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), and specifically, machine learning, might even be considered, it is helpful to gain a…

The BSI/AAMI Initiative on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical technology is an effort to explore the ways that AI, and in particular machine learning, pose unique challenges to the current body of standards and regulations governing medical technologies. Its aim…

The roadmap is intended to help users visualize the emerging standards landscape for automated driving and key standards relevant to CAVs. It includes both published standards and various ‘live’ standardization projects. The roadmap also includes priority areas for future development,…

The Canadian Data Governance Standardization Roadmap tackles the challenging questions we face when we talk about standardization and data governance. It describes the current and desired Canadian standardization landscape and makes 35 recommendations to address gaps and explore new areas…

The white paper provides an overview of the CCAV Code of Practice (CoP): Automated Vehicle Trialling, BSI’s CAV standards programme, the current legal framework and the Law Commissions’ recommendations. The white paper is developed to help users navigate the UK’s…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being talked about everywhere. Will it help us or hurt us? Will it unlock human potential or replace our jobs with robots? The first wave of AI technology is already established. Machines are already making decisions…

In September 2019, the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers adopted the terms of reference for the Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI). The CAHAI is charged with examining the feasibility and potential elements of a legal framework for…

Over the past couple of years, the growing debate around automated facial recognition has reached a boiling point. As developers have continued to swiftly expand the scope of these kinds of technologies into an almost unbounded range of applications, an…

A remarkable time of human promise has been ushered in by the convergence of the ever-expanding availability of big data, the soaring speed and stretch of cloud computing platforms, and the advancement of increasingly sophisticated machine learning algorithms. Innovations in…