AI Ethics Code

The use of Artificial intelligence (AI) is spreading at a rapid pace covering more and more areas of human life. This sweeping proliferation of AI technologies raises concerns in society: how safe is AI for humans, in what areas is it acceptable to use AI, who will be responsible for the actions of AI?

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What is the AI Ethics Code?

This is a uniform system of guiding principles and rules designed to create an environment of trusted development of AI technologies.

  • The document has a nonbinding nature
  • Adherence to the Code is voluntary
  • The Code applies only to civil developments
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Past Events

Most significant and interesting news in the field of AI ethics

The signing ceremony of the AI Code of Ethics was held at the Forum of the Future in Ekaterinburg

Leading organizations of the Urals joined the Code of Ethics in the field of AI

Six Belarusian organizations joined the Code of Ethics in the field of AI at the III IТ-Academgrad F

The signing ceremony took place at the Joint Institute of Informatics Problems of NAS

AI Ethics Forum: AI Ethics Awards Gala

The second awards ceremony took place on the sidelines of the AI ​​Ethics Forum

New Members Join the AI ​​Code of Ethics at the AI ​​Ethics Forum

Sixteen new members have signed the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Code of Ethics.

A mass signing of the Code of Ethics in the field of AI took place within the framework of TechCongr

423 organizations joined the Code on the margins of the International Technology Congress

New composition of the Commission for the Implementation of the Code of Ethics in the field of AI

On Friday, July 26, the results of the vote for the Commission's re-election were tallied

New entrants join the AI Code of Ethics at the Gravity 2024 Awards

The National Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence has seven new signatories

New participants have joined the AI Code of Ethics at RIF 2024

The National Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has eight new signatories

AEF 2024: 9 new participants join the AI Code of Ethics

The National Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has nine new signatories.

Recommendations of the Commission on the topic of the creation and use of digital simulations

Recommendations of the Commission on the topic of the creation and use of digital simulations

RIGF 2024: 5 new participants join the AI Code of Ethics

RIGF 2024: 5 new participants join the AI Code of Ethics

AI Alliance members push for easier exports of AI technology

AI Alliance members push for easier exports of AI technology

Recommendations of the Commission on the implementation of the Code of Ethics in the field of AI

Transparency of artificial intelligence algorithms and information systems based on them

A Memorandum of Cooperation with Iran on AI ethics was signed today

A memorandum was signed in Tehran to explore ethical issues in the field of AI

AI Journey: 11 new participants, including foreign participants, have joined the AI Code of Ethics

The signing ceremony took place during the eighth Al Journey international conference

Artificial Intelligence Ethics Forum: Generation GPT. Red Lines

This event was the first time that an AI ethics awards ceremony was organised

The signing ceremony of the Code of Ethics was held at the INFOTECH 2023 forum in Tyumen

On October 19, the signing ceremony of the Code took place at the Technopark site

Four Belarusian organisations have joined the Code of Ethics in the field of AI

At the II Forum "AI in Belarus", new organisations joined the Code of Ethics in the field of AI

The Commission for the Implementation of the Code of Ethics issued Ethical Recommendations

They are needed to apply AI-based technologies and algorithms to digital services

Alexander Vedyakhin - at WEF-2023: More than 200 organisations have joined the Code of Ethics in the

The Commission approved the applications of 39 more organisations for connection

The Trolley Problem: Self-Driving Cars

The Commission in AI has released the first version of the Recommendation

At the Russia-Africa forum, 15 foreign companies joined the Artificial Intelligence Code of Ethics

Companies from Africa have joined a large-scale community of AI experts

The AI Alliance will address ethical issues surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in medici

This decision was taken at a meeting of AI ethics commissioners and Codex signatories

At AI Journey, new organisations have joined the Code of Ethics for Artificial Intelligence

The event was attended by Dmitry Chernyshenko and Alexander Vedyakhin

A new round of signing the Code of Ethics took place in Tomsk

10 Siberian organisations became signatories to the Code

Code of Ethics presented to the Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence of Uzbekistan

On October 18, 2022, the official ceremony of forming the first composition of the Advisory Council.

MedTech companies have joined the AI Code of Ethics

On October 13 a solemn ceremony was held in order to get new companies to join the Code of Ethics

New Organizations Joined the AI Ethics Code

Eleven Far Eastern organizations signed the Code during the Eastern Economic Forum

New Wave of Signing of the Code at Technoprom-2022

Fourteen organizations joined the AI Ethics Code

The Code Presented at the Machines Can See

The summit participants got acquainted with the main provisions of the Code

New Round of the Code of Ethics Signing

The ceremony was held at the XIII International IT Forum

Twenty Organizations Joined the Code of Ethics

The signing took place at the CIPR 2022 conference

Commission on the Code of Ethics Established

The Commission will ensure the interaction of the Code participants

AI Ethics Discussed at the OpenTalks.AI

Experts of the AI Alliance held a session with the participants of the Code

Eight Organizations Joined the Code during the AI Journey

About 30 companies and organizations have joined the Code

Russian Leading Tech Companies Adopted the Code of Ethics

The document was signed at the International Forum “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence”

The AI Ethics Code Discussed at the Federation Council

The Code will solve the problem of the distrust to AI

The Code of Ethics Discussed at the Civic Chamber

The document is undergoing the final rounds of public discussion

Signatories to the AI Ethics Code

Here you can find the list of organizations which have already joined the Code and expressed their commitment to the principles of the AI ethics

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852
Signatories in total
852
Signatories in total
Russian organizations
Federal and regional executive authorities
Associated Signatories
Foreign participants

Commission for AI Ethics Code

Andrey Neznamov

Chairman of the Commission for the Implementation of the Code of Ethics in the Field of AI
Managing Director - Head of the Center for Human-Centric AI, Sberbank

Anna Abramova

Director, MGIMO AI Centre

Avakyan Elena

Vice-President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation

Arkhipov Vladislav

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, Head of the Legal Group of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Director of the Center for Research on Information Security and Digital Transformation

Astakhov Sergey

Deputy Head of the Department for Research Centers in the Field of Artificial Intelligence of the Analytical Center for the Government of the Russian Federation

Supervisor

Alexey Byrdin

General Director, Internet Video Association

Andreу Vorobiov

President of ICC Newdiamed (MeDiCase)

Ekimova Ksenia

Vice-Rector of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "REU named after. G.V. Plekhanov"

Sergey Izrailit

Vice-President for Development and Planning, Skolkovo Foundation

Koroteev Mikhail

Head of the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Faculty of Information Technologies for Big Data Analysis, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation

Alexander Krainov

Director for Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Yandex

Andrey Kuleshov

Analyst, ANO Global IT Cooperation Center

Natenzon Mikhail

Chief Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of FtisisBioMed LLC V.I. Klassena. Member of the Council of the Russian Telemedicine Consortium. Member of the Public and Business Council under the Government of the Russian Federation for the preparation and implementation of the national project “Healthcare”. Vice-President of the Non-Profit Partnership “International Association of Developers, Manufacturers and Users of Medical Equipment”. Deputy Head of the Regional Working Group on Telemedicine of the Regional Commonwealth for Communications of the CIS Countries.

Ilia Pomerantsev

Head of ML, Globus IT

Reshetnikov Roman

Head of the Scientific Medical Research Department of the Center for Diagnostics and Telemedicine Technologies of the Moscow Department of Health

Suragina Lena

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Supervisor

Anastasia Ugleva

Professor, Deputy Director of the Center for Transfer and Management of Socio-Economic Information, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Daria Chirva

Head of ITMO University’s “Thinking” Educational Module

Working groups

Working groups are created by a common decision of the Сommission members and / or a decision of the authorized officers for AI Ethics to implement certain provisions and aims of the Code.

Working groups can be formed from representatives of business, science, public authorities and other interested parties (observers).

Working Group on Developing and Monitoring the Methodology of Risk Assessment and Humanitarian Impact of AI Systems
Develops of methodological recommendations taking into account the best world practices in AI ethics
Members of the working group:
Anna Abramova, MGIMO; Alexander Gavrilin, Yandex; Yuri Lindre, Skoltech; Alexander Malakhov, Center for Strategic Research; Andrey Neznamov, Sberbank; Andrei Sakaro, Regional Youth Center; Elena Suragina, MTS; Daria Chirva, ITMO University
Director, MGIMO AI Centre
Head of the Group:
Anna Abramova
Head of ITMO University’s “Thinking” Educational Module
Head of the Group:
Daria Chirva
Working Group on Establishing a Set of Best Practices for Addressing Emerging Ethical Issues in the AI Lifecycle
Collects and analyzes best practices and decides whether they should be included in the Сode
Members of the working group:
Anna Abramova, MGIMO; Elena Alyokhina, VEB Ventures; Sergey Astakhov, National Center for AI Development; Alexander Gavrilin, Yandex; Oleg Glebov, MDG; Andrey Dobrynin, Rosatom; Sergey Izrailit, Skolkovo Foundation; Alexander Krainov, Yandex; Ksenia Krymskaya, Internet Development Institute; Andrey Kuleshov, MIPT; Andrey Neznamov, Sberbank; Ivan Nikanov, Innopolis University; Maria Sigova, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Elena Suragina, MTS; Alexander Tormasov, Innopolis University; Alexander Chesalo, Atlansis Software Systems; Daria Chirva, ITMO University; Daria Matsepuro, Tomsk State University
Working group documents
Director for Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Yandex
Head of the Group:
Alexander Krainov
Head of the Ecosystem Regulatory Support Group, MTS
Head of the Group:
Elena Suragina
Working Group on Assessing the Effectiveness of the Сode Implementation
Develops methodological materials, works out criteria for assessing the compliance of affiliated parties with the requirements of the Code and assesses the compliance of affiliated persons with the requirements of the Code
Members of the working group:
Sergey Izrailit, Skolkovo Foundation; Nikita Kardashin, Naumen; Ksenia Krymskaya, Internet Development Institute; Andrey Kuleshov, MIPT; Andrey Neznamov, Sberbank; Vladimir Nelyub, BMSTU
Working group documents
Analyst, ANO “Center for Global IT Cooperation”
Head of the Group:
Andrey Kuleshov
Working Group on AI Ethics in the Medical Field
Engages in the development of ethical standards and guidelines tailored to the specific development and application of ethics in healthcare AI
Members of the working group:
Elena Belousova; Andrey Vorobiev, MeDiCase; Alexander Gusev, Webiomed; Nikolay Knyazev, Softline; Mikhail Kolbas, Tomsk NIMC; Evgeny Nikitin, Cels; Nikita Nikolaev, Medical Screening Systems; Ilya Pomerantsev, Globus IT; Tatiana Smirnova, SberMedII; Kirill Solntsev, Sber; Elena Suragina, MTS; Anastasia Ugleva, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
MeDiCase
Head of the Group:
Andrey Vorobiev
Working Group on AI Ethics in Education
Aims to shape the Commission's position on the ethical regulation of the development and deployment of AI technologies for educational purposes.
Members of the working group:
Anna Abramova, MGIMO; Ivan Budnik, Gulliver Group; Andrey Vorobyev, MeDiCase; Denis Kalitin, MISIS; Dmitry Korzun, PetrSU; Stanislav Kosarev, Algorithmika; Evgeny Nezhdanov, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation; Alexey Parfun, Agenda media; Igor Fabrus, Institute of Artificial Intelligence; Leonid Yazhgur, PLATORA; Ilya Pomerantsev, Globus IT
HSE
Head of the Group:
Anastasiya Uglyova
ITMO
Head of the Group:
Daria Chirva
Working Group on AI Ethics in Justice
Its goal is to formulate the Commission’s position on the issue of ethical regulation of the development and implementation of AI technologies in justice
Members of the working group:
To be announced by September 2024
Head of the Group
Head of the Group:
Avakyan Elena

Documents

The AI Ethics Code developed by the AI Alliance serves as a guide for AI development in the country and provides trust to AI from users, society and government

Commission's documents

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Commission Regulation
Ethic Guidelines for Applying Recommender Technologies and Artificial Intelligence-Based Algorithms in Digital Services

Working Group on Establishing a Set of Best Practices for Addressing Emerging Ethical Issues in the AI Lifecycle

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Trolley problem

Working Group on Assessing the Effectiveness of the Сode Implementation

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The Code Signatories are able to:

  • articulate the ethical problem of the use of AI and find solutions to it
  • be involved in implementing the Code, developing recommendations and summarizing best practices
  • join the country's largest institute for self-regulation in the field of AI on equal terms with the leading Russian companies, research and educational institutions and government agencies