MADRID, 21 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published this Saturday the award for 2.3 million euros (taxes included) to the temporary union of companies (UTE) between Deloitte and Odiseia the creation of a certification in the form of a “seal” that ensure that companies and entities that implement artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms do so in an “ethical, robust and non-discriminatory” manner.

Specifically, the joint venture between Deloitte and Odiseia has been awarded the main lot of the contract for “services for the development of artificial intelligence impact plans, development of a seal and study services related to AI systems experimentation environments” .

The Ministry of Economy specifies in the technical specifications that certification “will be a voluntary process for companies” and that “to increase the success” of the initiative, “mechanisms to facilitate the adoption of the seal” and “security measures” must be deployed. divulgation”.

However, the lot awarded to the joint venture between Deloitte and Odiseia also includes the execution of the AI ??pilot in Spain (‘sandbox’) of the future European AI regulation, as appears on the State’s public procurement portal and reported by Europa Press. .

Regarding this, the document indicates that the successful bidder must monitor the pilot and the companies, as well as the closure of the IA pilot, including all standardization tasks.

“Starting from the initial guides of the pilot, the final guides for companies will be prepared to describe in detail how to comply with the requirements of the regulation, collecting the ‘feedback’ (observations) of the pilot. Adding new sector guides and complex use cases “adds the document.

The other lot into which the general contract is divided has been awarded to NTT Data for two million euros (taxes included) and includes consulting services for the preparation of the “National Plan for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups in AI” and the ” Awareness and trust plan in AI”.

NTT Data must evaluate the “social impacts of the use of AI” for Spain and facilitate institutions in the formulation of public policies to “strategically” and “effectively direct” the area of ??AI.