7. The Secretary recalled the highlights of the last WP.29 session, including the adoption of ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2024/34/Rev.1, as amended by Annex VI to the session report, and the request of Germany to establish a group under WP.29 to deal with Artificial Intelligence (AI). He explained that some Parties mentioned that this task could be assigned to the IWG on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). He mentioned that the discussion was still ongoing at WP.29 level and that in the meantime, the WP.29 subsidiary bodies could continue to exchange views on that topic.

8. The representative of Germany presented (GRVA-20-16) the National German Project “AIMobilityAudit”. He shared considerations related to Auditable AI systems. He detailed the process applied during the project for developing practical requirements for AI Security and illustrated it with two examples: traffic sign assistant and road user detection.

9. The representative of SAFE inquired if the project only focused on security or also safety. The representative of Canada mentioned that the non-holistic approach described differed from the one developed by GRVA, aimed to be more generic and principle based. The representative of CLEPA inquired about how the 90 per cent threshold was determined. The representative of France asked about the follow-up of this project. The representative of Germany clarified that the project also touched on safety as it derived from security, that the presentation provided examples and that the project was close to the end.

10. The representative of France presented (GRVA-20-23) the status of the PRISMA project already introduced to GRVA (GRVA-15-39) three years ago. He recalled the project’s objective and use cases, the V-shape validation method applied and the organization of the project dealing with 8 work packages. He noted that the presence of AI bricks in system impact the validation process. He highlighted the key role of both scenarios and real-world evaluation supported by a multistep methodology. He also listed the encountered difficulties. He provided a synthesis of the project’s conclusions.

11. The representative of the Netherlands asked if the project covered situation where the AI agent performed the full Dynamic Driving Task. The Chair asked about the follow up activities. The representative of France clarified that the project focused on assistance system and the project’s conclusion would be an input for approvals. He agreed to share the whitepaper produced once the translation in English would be available.