Project summary
The rapid rise in (generative) artificial intelligence (GEN(AI)) creates near endless opportunities for smart regions and cities. With exponential deployment, potential ethical risks also increase rapidly.
Trustworthy AI should combine human agency & oversight; technical robustness and safety; privacy & data governance; transparency; diversity, non-discrimination & fairness; environmental & societal well-being; accountability. Urgent governance measures are required to ensure that (GEN)AI is developed and deployed in this way. The AI Act takes steps forward, but public authorities at territorial level must take urgent action.
Local and regional public authorities must operate within realistic spheres of influence. In all sizes of territories, they must put their house in order and adopt future-orientated strategies, guidelines, tools, platforms and indicators. They have potential to direct R&I funding towards trustworthy (GEN)AI.
BETTI operates in this context. Public authorities from EU and Candidate countries, with different AI maturity levels, join with a common aim. They seek to support public authorities to reap benefits of (GEN)AI deployment in smart cities and regions, while managing risks through governance standards and measures for trustworthy (GEN)AI.
BETTI adapts content from the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI, complemented with experience from partner organisations. Interregional exchange helps partners to share current measures, govern deployment of trustworthy (GEN)AI and assess what is missing to reach and apply appropriate governance standards, within realistic spheres of influence. It then defines how each smart city/region can use learnings and supports partners to incorporate governance standards & tools. An interregional pilot complements, testing an assessment tool for Trustworthy AI within 6 policy instruments.
Partners conclude BETTI with increased capacity in governance of trustworthy (GEN)AI and the policy tools to help make it a reality.
Trustworthy AI should combine human agency & oversight; technical robustness and safety; privacy & data governance; transparency; diversity, non-discrimination & fairness; environmental & societal well-being; accountability. Urgent governance measures are required to ensure that (GEN)AI is developed and deployed in this way. The AI Act takes steps forward, but public authorities at territorial level must take urgent action.
Local and regional public authorities must operate within realistic spheres of influence. In all sizes of territories, they must put their house in order and adopt future-orientated strategies, guidelines, tools, platforms and indicators. They have potential to direct R&I funding towards trustworthy (GEN)AI.
BETTI operates in this context. Public authorities from EU and Candidate countries, with different AI maturity levels, join with a common aim. They seek to support public authorities to reap benefits of (GEN)AI deployment in smart cities and regions, while managing risks through governance standards and measures for trustworthy (GEN)AI.
BETTI adapts content from the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI, complemented with experience from partner organisations. Interregional exchange helps partners to share current measures, govern deployment of trustworthy (GEN)AI and assess what is missing to reach and apply appropriate governance standards, within realistic spheres of influence. It then defines how each smart city/region can use learnings and supports partners to incorporate governance standards & tools. An interregional pilot complements, testing an assessment tool for Trustworthy AI within 6 policy instruments.
Partners conclude BETTI with increased capacity in governance of trustworthy (GEN)AI and the policy tools to help make it a reality.
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2,380,534 € budget
01 May 2025-31 Jul 2029
10 partners