Inclusive and Secure AI

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) increasingly becoming part of daily life, public awareness of the need for inclusive Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grown due to the issues of representation that current AI systems have. Due to the concentration of AI development in a handful of countries in the Global North, AI systems reflect and reinforce certain (dominant) cultural norms, marginalising non-Western languages, epistemologies and communities in the process, and posing systemic risks through algorithmic bias, digital colonialism, and cultural homogenization. How can policymakers make AI more inclusive, and ethical principles more enforceable? What interventions through inclusive AI design and policy exist so far? How can the international cultural relations sector support efforts in making AI more inclusive? The report also presents a practical policy toolkit to ensure AI governance supports cultural rights in the digital space, supports cross-regional collaboration, and place culture at the core of ethical and inclusive AI futures.