Building of legal corridor for AI development, application underway: Official
The building of legal regulations related to virtual assistants in particular and artificial intelligence (AI) applications in general in Vietnam has been drastically implemented, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications (MIC) Nguyen Phu Tien at a press conference in Hanoi on April 8.
Hanoi (VNA) – The building of legal regulationsrelated to virtual assistants in particular and artificial intelligence (AI)applications in general in Vietnam has been drastically implemented, saidDeputy Minister of Information and Communications (MIC) Nguyen Phu Tien at apress conference in Hanoi on April 8.
The official underlined that one of the tasks stated in a decision issued by the Prime Minister on January 26, 2021, on the nationalstrategy on AI research, development and application until 2030 is to build andimprove policies and laws to create an open legal corridor to meet therequirements of promoting research, development, and application AI in life.
Under the decision, the MIC is tasked to build, complete, andsupplement legal documents regarding electronic transactions, he said, addingthat the ministry is actively researching, building, and supplementing relevant decreesand circulars, including those in establishing and sharing data on testinginstitutional frameworks (sandboxes) and creating a favourable testing space withits own legal policy framework to conduct AI testing in areas with highpotential.
At the same time, it has advised the Government to issue a decree on managing,connecting, and sharing digital data among State agencies, while building technicalstandards and regulations defining AI technology and products, said Tien.
Other relevant ministries and agencies are also drasticallyimplementing their assigned tasks in the work, the MIC Deputy Minister said.
He affirmed that the overarching viewpoint in developing legal regulations relatedto virtual assistants is putting the people and businesses at the centre of AIdevelopment and application, avoiding technology abuse and infringement oflegitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals.
Many businesses have committed to accompanying the ministryin building a legal environment that ensures the rights and interests ofindividuals and organisations in the online environment but does not inhibitthe development of society, the official said./.
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