Use and regulation
G7 justice ministers exchange views on AI
Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann (FDP) takes part in a meeting of the justice ministers of the G7 countries – alongside Ghada Waly (l), Director General of the United Nations Office (UNOV). photo
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Artificial intelligence helps comb through digital files and anonymize court decisions. The G7 justice ministers are also taking AI regulation into account.
The justice ministers of the G7 countries met at a meeting in Venice discussed how judicial authorities can use artificial intelligence (AI) in a legally safe manner. According to participants, the topic of the two-day meeting in Italy was also the question of where limits need to be formulated for the use of machine learning and robotics.
In March, the EU Parliament gave the green light for stricter AI rules in the European Union. According to this, AI systems will be divided into different risk groups in the future. The higher the potential dangers of an application, the higher the requirements should be.
In addition to Italy, the G7 group of leading democratic industrial nations also includes Germany, France, Great Britain, Japan, Canada and the USA. The European Union is also represented at the meetings.
Exchange also on drug crime
At the initiative of the Italian G7 presidency, the group’s heads of state and government adopted a joint declaration at the end of April to combat international drug trafficking. Particular attention was paid to synthetic drugs with devastating effects such as fentanyl, it was said at the time.
According to participants, the justice ministers exchanged practical experiences in the fight in Venice. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) said at a meeting with ministers from other European countries in Hamburg at the beginning of the week: “We in Germany want to absolutely prevent a massive spiral of violence associated with drug-related crime, as we are already seeing in some countries.”
Cooperation between justice ministers should now be permanently established within the G7 group. The department heads met in Berlin in 2022 and in Tokyo in 2023 to talk about Ukraine – specifically the prosecution of war crimes, questions of the rule of law and corruption. The Ukrainian Justice Minister, Denys Maljuska, and Attorney General Andrij Kostin also took part in several rounds of talks and bilateral meetings in Venice – including with Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP).