OT-AIAT 10

Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights: Better technology through human rights assessment

Zielgruppe

This webinar is open and free of charge for all participants from academia, industry, and public administration fromEUand/orEuroHPC JUmember countries.

Entry level & prerequisites

Basic - no previous experience required.

Inhalt und Ziele

Can the use of AI threaten human rights? Yes, it can. The good news is that such risks can be minimised through embedding human rights considerations from the beginning. But how is this done? This webinar provides an accessible and practical introduction into the creation of fundamental rights compliant and better AI for the benefit of everyone.

Microsoft’s first chatbot in 2016 spit out racist comments within a few hours. Face recognition failed on black people, particularly women. The Dutch tax authorities had used algorithms that mistakenly labelled around 26,000 parents as having committed fraud in their childcare benefit applications. To avoid such mistakes from the outset, the European Union has created regulation that requires providers and deployers of AI systems to consider risks related to fundamental rights when developing and using AI in various areas.

But what are fundamental rights, and why would the use of technology, such as AI, create problems? Is an assessment of fundamental rights impact just an additional burden or can it truly help making better AI?

This webinar provides an accessible introduction of what fundamental rights are and how they related to the use of AI. It discusses theoretical and real threats to fundamental rights and provides an accessible way forward about how to assess and mitigate risks that stem from the use of AI. It also provides a brief overview of fundamental rights related safeguards included in the EU’s AI Act.

Agenda

• Welcome & Presentation of AI Factory Austria AI:AT
• Brief introduction to fundamental rights
• Fundamental rights impact of using AI
• Fundamental rights impact assessment and ways forward
• Questions & Discussion
  

Speakers

Dr. David Reichel (European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights)
Dr. David Reichel is the Head of the Data and Digital Sector at the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The Data and Digital Sector, within the Justice, Digital and Migration Unit, hosts most of FRA’s work on artificial intelligence (AI), data protection and online content moderation. David coordinated and co-authored several FRA reports on AI, including the reports on AI and fundamental rights, Getting the future right and Bias in algorithms, as well as on Online content moderation. He is the FRA representative in the AI Act Advisory Forum and participates in several other policy processes that support the fundamental rights compliant regulation of digital technology.

Trainer

Zeit und Ort

Seminarnummer:

OT-AIAT 10

Trainingsform:

Online-Tr. / Webinar

Dauer:

1 Tag(e) (1 Stunden)

Termin:

17.09.2026

Stundenplan:

14:00 - 15:00

Ort:

Online

Anmerkungen

This webinar is organized byAI Factory Austria AI:AT.

Organisation

Seminarleitung:

Buchwinkler David BA MA

Sekretariat:

Fröhlich Elisabeth