00:00 Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs Renuka Sagram Sengsuklal
00:06 apologized for the absence of Attorney General Regina Lamour who was originally scheduled
00:12 to speak at the NEM Leadership Consultants Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering or AML hybrid
00:19 conference at the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Center on Thursday that had the theme AML,
00:26 AI, the Compliance Disruptor in reference to Artificial Intelligence.
00:32 Minister Sagram Sengsuklal spoke on behalf of the Attorney General.
00:36 Similarly to the signing of the Budapest Convention, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago awaits
00:42 the similar trajectory of the Council of Europe's Treaty on AI and to be invited of course to
00:49 accede to the treaty.
00:52 The Minister also referred it to another European Union based proposal.
00:56 European Parliament adopted draft legislation in May 2023 that included new regulations
01:03 pertaining to the use of biometric surveillance, facial recognition and other AI applications.
01:11 The proposal would classify AI tools based on their perceived risk ranging from low to
01:18 unacceptable.
01:21 Minister Sagram Sengsuklal then announced legislative efforts have been undertaken by
01:25 the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
01:28 In light of the already drafted legislation on AI, the Government in strengthening its
01:34 approach in cyber security plans to be guided by this in our own local jurisdiction.
01:42 The Minister said the Government's cyber security plans include new legislative solutions to
01:47 the type of cyber attack the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs
01:51 suffered last year as well as the full proclamation of the Data Protection Act by September 2024.
01:59 Jule Brown, TV6 News.
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