The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading rapidly thanks to the ease of use of new tools designed to understand and generate information in human language naturally. Public administrations are leveraging these tools to improve the efficiency and accessibility of their services.

AI-based systems, such as the Autonomous Road Inspector and the Autonomous Urban Inspector, facilitate infrastructure inspections for the Road Authorities, and provide useful information for other entities developing navigation systems, digital twins, or other services where infrastructure data is relevant.

The European Commission has established a regulatory framework that is mandatory in Europe, and which is being replicated in other countries. This regulation imposes three fundamental requirements for any onboard system that will collect information from the environment:

  • Cybersecurity: The NIS2 Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2555), which came into force on January 16, 2023, aims to strengthen resilience and response capacity to cyber incidents in essential and critical sectors.
  • Ensuring user privacy: The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), approved in 2018, aims to protect individual privacy and ensure that personal data is used responsibly and transparently.
  • Ethical development of AI: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 13, 2024, also known as the AI Act, promotes transparency, human oversight, and accountability of AI systems to ensure safe and trustworthy AI. This regulation requires accountability from both the AI solution provider and those responsible for deployment.

The systems that monitor infrastructure must comply with the cybersecurity directive. The tools that can capture information about people and/or vehicles traveling on streets and roads must comply with the requirements of the GDPR regulation. And all AI used, regardless of its purpose, must be analyzed to assess the risk of its use, following the guidelines of the AI Act.

The tenders for environmental monitoring solutions must include these requirements, without the possibility of omission. The ASIMOB’s Autonomous Road Inspector and the Autonomous Urban Inspector comply with these regulations and ensure that the companies and public administrations that contract them also comply.

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