Lecture: Ethics and Trustworthiness in Artificial Intelligence - 5DV244 2026

From trustworthy AI principles to deployment decisions and European AI regulation

AI systems can perform extremely well and still create problems for people, organizations, and society. This lecture introduces Trustworthy AI as a broader perspective that goes beyond model performance.

We will move from ethical principles to practical deployment decisions and then to the European regulatory context. The session introduces the European approach to Trustworthy AI, the seven requirements, the risk-based approach of the EU AI Act, and the relationship between the AI Act and other European legislation such as the Digital Services Act (DSA).

• Ethics and Trustworthy AI
• Lawful, ethical, and robust AI
• The seven requirements of Trustworthy AI
• Trustworthiness as a property of the whole AI system
• Human agency, fairness, transparency, and accountability as connected concerns
• Interactive AI deployment and decision-making
• European AI regulation and the risk-based approach of the EU AI Act
• High-risk AI systems and legal classification
• The Digital Services Act and systemic/platform risks
• The relationship between Trustworthy AI, AI Act compliance, and broader EU regulation