Source: Lexology

Lexology highlights key ethical and legal guidelines being developed in the EU to guide AI developers toward “ethics by design.” These guidelines aim to embed principles such as transparency, human oversight, fairness, and data minimization directly into the architecture of AI systems.

The article provides recommendations on how to apply these principles during the development lifecycle, including design documentation, risk assessment protocols, and user-centric testing. It also stresses the importance of aligning AI development with the forthcoming AI Act.

Legal advisors are urged to work closely with developers to ensure ethical compliance is not an afterthought, but a structural component of the system.