Trish of Beyond Reach Consulting Limited, UK

The new shape of high-risk AI accountability in Europe is set upstream, in how a handful of providers design and develop AI. Harmonised standards are meant to homogenise the ethical and technical orientation of high-risk AI so that it delivers a high level of protection for health, safety and fundamental rights. But the Digital Omnibus amendments to the EU AI Act show that the ability to hold those providers to account has moved away from the last mile: deployers, national regulators and, above all, the people affected. In a world where technology crosses borders, concentrating accountability and enforcement in a central AI Office looks logical. But can it deliver trustworthy and accountable AI?

Biography:

Patricia Shaw is a Global AI & Data (Ethics, Governance, Policy and Law) Adviser and over 25 years’ experience as a Solicitor in technology law and latterly in regulatory and government affairs and human rights law. Having worked with IGOs like the Council of Europe and OSCE to challenge the regulatory status quo as technology creates new societal challenges, Trish currently represents Equinet in developing EU AI Act standards. Trish is an IEEE Maestro, named among the 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics and Computer Weekly's Most Influential Women in UK Technology, and is a leading voice at the intersection of human rights, tech law, and AI.

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