"We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." —Alan Turing, "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" 1950

As applications using artificial intelligence (AI) penetrate business, medical and personal technology systems, there has been a heightened awareness of the risks and potential misuses of these powerful technologies. This has led to a concerted effort to provide standards for evaluating the quality of AI applications and their ethical uses.

On July 17, a working group of the EU's European Commission issued a report titled "The Assessment List For Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence." (ALTAI) The authors of this report were members of the High-Level Expert Group on AI, an independent group formed by the European Commission. The expert group included representatives of European academic institutions and large technology companies.