The utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) applications has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, bringing forth numerous benefits and conveniences. However, this expansion has also provoked ethical concerns, such as privacy breaches, algorithmic discrimination, security and reliability issues, transparency, and other unintended consequences. To determine whether a global consensus exists regarding the ethical principles that should govern AI applications and to contribute to the formation of future regulations, this paper conducts a meta-analysis of 200 governance policies and ethical guidelines for AI usage published by public bodies, academic institutions, private companies, and civil society organizations worldwide. We identified at least 17 resonating principles prevalent in the policies and guidelines of our dataset, released as an open-source database and tool. We present the limitations of performing a global scale analysis study paired with a critical analysis of our findings, presenting areas of consensus that should be incorporated into future regulatory efforts.

翻译：近年来，人工智能（AI）应用得到了迅猛发展，带来了诸多益处与便利。然而，这一扩张也引发了伦理层面的担忧，例如隐私泄露、算法歧视、安全与可靠性问题、透明度以及其他非预期后果。为确定在应指导AI应用的伦理原则上是否存在全球共识，并助力未来法规的制定，本文对全球公共机构、学术机构、私营企业及民间社会组织发布的200项AI使用治理政策与伦理指南进行了元分析。我们在数据集（已作为开源数据库和工具发布）的政策与指南中识别出至少17个具有共鸣的核心原则。本文阐述了开展全球尺度分析研究的局限性，并结合对研究发现的关键性分析，提出了应纳入未来监管工作的共识领域。