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Eight technology firms and groups sign UNESCO commitment on AI ethics at Slovenia forum

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Source: UNESCOAlso reported by Slovenia Times

At UNESCO’s second Global Forum on the Ethics of AI at Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, on 5 February 2024, Microsoft, Mastercard, Lenovo, GSMA, INNIT, LG AI Research, Salesforce and Telefónica signed a commitment to apply UNESCO’s 2021 Recommendation on the Ethics of AI. They agreed to carry out human rights due diligence, test systems before release and assess risks after deployment.

Why it matters

UNESCO’s ethics Recommendation was addressed to governments, and this commitment applied it to companies that build and sell AI systems.

When
5 Feb 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0167
Where
International, Slovenia
Who
UNESCO, Microsoft, Mastercard, Lenovo, GSMA, LG AI Research, Salesforce, Telefónica, INNIT

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from UNESCO and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at UNESCO

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Document the source offers: document 1 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0167: “Eight technology firms and groups sign UNESCO commitment on AI ethics at Slovenia forum.” wheresthe.ai, 5 Feb 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/intl-unesco-tech-firms-ethics-commitment-2024-02/ (source: UNESCO).

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