September 26, 2023
After 2 years of cross-disciplinary research, awareness raising, and ecosystem engagement activities on the trusted and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in EU law enforcement, the popAI project has reached its completion.
The project coordinator NCSR- Demokritos organised the popAI Final Event: towards a European AI hub for LEAs supporting the ethical use of AI in policing, which took place on Tuesday 19 September 2023 at the Marivaux Hotel, in Brussels, Belgium.
The popAI Consortium, along with the actively participating EU Security Research cluster on AI (SU-AI) sibling projects (ALIGNER, STARLIGHT), as well as all, linked EU projects and invited representatives from all stakeholder groups of the ecosystem, including relevant EU institutions, LEAs, and civil society, gathered for the final event and participated in multi-disciplinary panel discussions and speeches on key topics concerning the ecosystem and in line with actual use and planned exploitation of popAI results within the cluster.
The full-day event included, presentations of the popAI results in terms of policy recommendations, multi-disciplinary best practices, ethics toolbox, fore-sighting, and a roadmap for the ethical use of AI in civil security, all included within the blueprint for a European AI hub supporting the ethical and responsible use of AI in law enforcement.