Organised by the SymAware consortium alongside other EIC-funded projects in the “Awareness Inside” portfolio, the workshop “Inside the Ethics of AI Awareness” addressed topics such as the governance of AI ethics, ethical dimensions of multi-agent systems, and the implications of designing value-aware and metacognitive AI systems. The workshop took place in Uppsala, Sweden, on November 11, 2024.

The recently introduced EU AI Act underscores the importance of addressing these questions, emphasising ethical considerations as central to the design and governance of AI systems. As such, the workshop featured keynote talks by Mihalis Kritikos (European Commission), discussing the gradual development of an EU ethics governance framework for AI, and the EU's Trustworthy approach to the use and deployment of AI systems including the AI Act, and Andrea Galassi (University of Bologna) presenting two case studies on the development of an ethical and human-centric artificial intelligence: a prototype dialogue system aimed at supporting immigrants in their asylum application, and the analysis of fairness and diversity in speech datasets aimed for mental health research.

Participants engaged in an interactive workshop on ethical considerations, exploring how these technologies can be responsibly integrated into society. Discussions focused on key stakeholders, such as policymakers, developers, and the public, as well as the potential risks and benefits associated with aware AI, including transparency, accountability, and human-AI collaboration.