Szabo: Unfeasible to Develop Safety Certification for AI

By Netvora Tech News

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The development of a safety certification for artificial intelligence (AI) akin to those for cars is impossible, according to State Secretary for Digitalization, Szabo. This assessment comes in response to questions from the Senate Committee on Digitalization regarding the report "Focus on AI at the Ministry of the Interior" by the General Accounting Office. The report, released in October, revealed that the government is unaware of the operation of many AI systems it uses and that more than half of the systems used have not had their risks weighed against their benefits. In response to the report, the Senate Committee for Digitalization posed numerous questions, including Szabo's vision for developing a certification for AI systems similar to the Euro NCAP certification for cars. "Euro NCAP is a certification for a specific aspect of cars: safety in the event of a collision," Szabo responded. "A standard set of requirements can be established for this. These requirements would also apply in all cases of collisions." However, the state secretary emphasized that, due to the lack of a standard set of requirements and no standard testing procedures for AI, it is impossible to develop a certification that indicates to what extent these requirements are being met. Szabo noted that high-risk AI systems do have requirements. "Systems that meet these requirements can be brought to market after a review has been conducted, the requirements of the regulation have been met, and a CE marking has been applied." The committee also asked Szabo how he plans to ensure that the standard procedures for testing AI systems before their application are as transparent as the safety norms for crash tests of new vehicles, thereby guaranteeing both the effectiveness of these AI systems and the protection of fundamental rights. Szabo stated that the European AI regulation contains requirements for developers. European standards apply to these requirements. However, these standards are not mandatory, he explained. "But the expectation is that they will be widely used and, as a result, procedures will be standardized as much as possible. Those who do not do so must demonstrate compliance with all requirements for these systems."