About the challenge

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an area of strategic importance for the economic and social development of the European Union and a key component of the Digital Agenda for Europe. However, at the same time that AI systems offer immense opportunities, they create risks and may contravene our democratic or ethical principles in areas such as the agency of human beings, inclusion (or its inverse, discrimination), privacy, transparency and more.

Higher Education must play a role in contributing to cutting-edge, safe, ethical AI. It is up to us to prepare young people with advanced programming skills, but also to prepare all students to understand the implications of AI and ensure it is put to good use. The main objective of Trust AI, therefore, is to assist to radically improve AI teaching to emphasize the ethical and values-based components and to reach students from all disciplines, especially those from business, public policy and social science disciplines who will also shape how AI is deployed.

The challenge in this Hackathon will be to use and expand the guidelines for Trustworthy AI for inclusive purposes. Join us on this road to better AI!

• Trustworthiness
  Adhering and considering the guidelines for Trustworthy AI
• Impactfulness
  For solving the real-world problem in a feasible way
• Ambitiousness
  For the scale and complexity of solution
• Applicability
  For its chances of adoption in the real world