Problematic aspects of the legal regulation of the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence technologies in the Republic of Kazakhstan

This article addresses one of the most relevant spheres of social life in the era of digitalization, namely the legal regulation of activities related to the development/deployment/use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in Kazakhstan. The widespread dissemination of these technologies is evidenced by their everyday use by virtually all of us through voice assistants, chatbots, and online user support systems across various internet resources and platforms. The purpose of this study is to analyze the problems arising in the legal regulation of the development/deployment/ use of AI technologies in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as to formulate proposals for the development of a normative legal act whose provisions would regulate the ethical aspects of the development and deployment of AI technologies. Accordingly, the article possesses both scientific and practical significance in identifying the key problems of the legal regulation of the processes under consideration. The principal methods of our systemic analysis were concentrated on legal modeling. We also address a number of issues through the application of the analytical method; however, a more detailed discussion of the applicable methodological framework and materials is provided later in the article itself.

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