**Project officer: Parliamentary engagement with digital policy and AI**:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology with the potential to impact every aspect of society. AI can bring about economic growth, improve healthcare, and address climate change, but it also poses risks such as job displacement, erosion of privacy, discrimination including on the basis of gender.
Parliaments have a crucial role in ensuring that AI is developed and used in a way that benefits society as a whole and is grounded in international human rights. They must provide legal frameworks, ethical guidelines, and oversight mechanisms to maximize the benefits of AI while mitigating its risks. Additionally, they should foster public dialogue and engagement to build trust and understanding around AI technologies.
The work on AI comes within the broader framework of parliament’s role in digital policy and internet governance. The consultancy will support parliamentary engagement with key...