BETTI

BETTI is an Interreg Europe project that helps local and regional governments across Europe's smart cities and regions use generative AI (Gen AI) in a safe, fair, and effective way. 

As AI technologies evolve rapidly, it’s also raising important questions about ethics and responsibility. 

That’s where BETTI comes in! 

We support public authorities by giving them the tools, strategies, and policy actions they need to use Gen AI in a way that benefits people—while avoiding potential risks. 

Trustworthy AI follows key principles as drawn by the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI as follows:
•    human agency and oversight;
•    technical robustness and safety;
•    privacy and data governance;
•    transparency;
•    diversity, non-discrimination and fairness;
•    environmental and societal well-being, and 
•    accountability.

BETTI builds on the work of the EU High-Level Expert Group on AI and integrates the practical experience of 10 partner organisations and 6 policy instruments. 

Through interregional exchange, BETTI partners share existing practices, coordinate the deployment of trustworthy Gen AI, and identify gaps in governance standards. These exchanges help define how each smart city or region can apply the lessons learned and integrate suitable governance frameworks and tools. An interregional pilot complements this process by testing an assessment tool for Trustworthy AI across six policy instruments.

BETTI partners are public authorities and key regional actors from EU Member States and Candidate Countries, each with varying levels of AI maturity, that come together with a shared goal: to help public institutions harness the benefits of Gen AI in smart cities and regions, while addressing associated risks through appropriate governance standards, safeguards and policy tools.