by Anaëlle Martin (CCNE)

On 18-20 October 2023, the ERCIM Ethics Working Group co-organised with the CNPEN, the French National Committee for Digital Ethics, and the University of Porto, the second edition of the forum dedicated to digital ethics beyond compliance [L1] The hybrid event, which was held at the Faculty of Engineering of Porto, consisted of one tutorial, two keynotes and six topics and discussion sessions. The forum organisers have endeavoured to combine both theoretical and practical aspects of digital ethics in research, bearing in mind that in the context of the European AI Act and the war in Ukraine, researchers need to be pragmatic and open-minded. The program also left plenty of room for discussion, debate and dispute among participants, particularly in the session devoted to Environmental research ethics.

Experts from across Europe gathered on 16 April 2024 in Brussels at the Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot Curie to discuss the rapidly evolving landscape of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) at the ERCIM visionary event titled “Challenges and Opportunities of Foundational Models and Generative AI for Science and Society.”

ERCIM organised a webinar on 22 March 2024 on AI standardization in support of the EU AI act, following the European Parliament's approval of the Act on 13 March 2024. This marked the transition to developing harmonized standards, as mandated to the European Committee for Standardization of AI (CEN-CENELEC JTC 21) by the European Commission.