The Prize may be conferred upon individuals, institutions, other entities or non-governmental organizations. Nominees must be living persons or existing institutions.
The purpose of the UNESCO-Uzbekistan Beruniy Prize for Scientific Research on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is to encourage ethical design, development, use and deployment of AI, and to promote scientific endeavour and cooperation in this field.
The Prize rewards activities in the field of scientific research on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence and provides new insights or solutions; (ii) international scientific cooperation on the ethics of AI; and (iii) initiatives demonstrating the practical application of ethical AI principles in real-world scenarios.