Two new digital legal instruments released
Today we're sharing two new digitised legal instruments:
The Artificial Intelligence Act, passed by the European Union.
The Global Digital Compact, a United Nations document currently at "revision 2" stage (following a zero draft, and a revision 1 version). The text of rev3 has not yet been publicly released.
Both of these are capturing the attention of people working in technology regulation globally.
Artificial Intelligence Act (EU)
Companies around the world are looking closely at the EU's AI Act to understand how it applies to them. Professional services firms and academics are also sharing large numbers of "cheat sheets" and process flows aimed at demonstrating competence and building understanding of how the Act will apply.
We've digitised the AI Act in a way that enables people to build on it as a kind of base infrastructure, supported by the ability to annotate and tag it using our annotation tool. You can access it via ref.synco.pt, along with other prominent EU tech legislation such as the Digital Services Act and the GDPR.
Global Digital Compact Rev2
United Nations members are currently negotiating the Global Digital Compact, a document intended to set out how the internet, AI and digital technologies should be governed. Revision 2 has been released and you can see how it has changed from the previous "rev1" version by accessing the link below. We'll upload the revision 3 document as soon as it is available.
Use our annotation and tagging tool
As you come to grips with these significant documents, try creating tags and annotations using our recently released prototype. We can't see who's using it, or your annotations and tags, so let us know if you're using it or want to share any feedback.
Publish your annotations
In future releases, we'll enable publishing annotations, and greater functionality around sharing and importing annotation sets for private collaboration.
Until then, get in touch if you'd like to work with us on a custom project, including publishing your own annotations and tags on a filterable legal instrument.