Regulation of Artificial Intelligence and Penal Factors: Legal and Ethical Challenges

Abstract

This bibliometric review analyzes the scientific production related to the variables Artificial Intelligence, Regulation and Ethics registered in the Scopus database during the period 2018-2023. The main objective of the study was to identify and characterize the volume of publications, achieving a total of 552 documents. The information collected was organized by graphs, categorizing it by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. The results reveal that the United States is the country with the highest number of publications, reaching a total of 99 scientific papers. The area of Computer Science stood out as the most prolific in terms of bibliographic contribution, with 236 documents. Likewise, Journal Articles represented 50% of total publications. This analysis also includes a qualitative study on the positions of various authors in relation to the topics addressed, providing a comprehensive view of the current state of research in this field. Among the main conclusions, it is stated that the regulation of AI is an evolving field that requires collaboration between legislators, technologists, ethicists and society in general, and managing flexible regulations is completely necessary taking into account the changing and constant evolution of everything related to AI today.