In September 2019, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe set up the Ad hoc committee on artificial intelligence – CAI for a 2 years mandate.

Under the authority of the Committee of Ministers, the CAI is instructed to examine the feasibility and potential elements on the basis of broad multi-stakeholder consultations, of a legal framework for the development, design and application of artificial intelligence, based on the Council of Europe’s standards on human rights, democracy and the rule of law.