AI Ethics & Governance
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Feature
21 Aug 2026
Data contracts gain urgency as AI tests data foundations
Unreliable data can undercut AI efforts before they deliver meaningful returns. Data contracts help clarify accountability and move quality controls upstream. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Aug 2026
AI sycophancy: When leaders are told what they want to hear
Agreeable AI can reinforce executives' bias in strategic, personnel and investment decisions. Leaders must build decision processes that resist AI sycophancy. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Aug 2023
Former Google exec on how AI affects internet safety
Longtime trust and safety leader Tom Siegel offers an insider's view on moderating AI-generated content, the limits of self-regulation and concrete steps to curb emerging risks. Continue Reading
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News
31 Jul 2023
Researchers bust ChatGPT guardrails, question gen AI safety
Researchers find they can trick AI chatbots including OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude and Google Bard into providing disinformation, hate speech, and other harmful content. Continue Reading
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Podcast
31 Jul 2023
Targeting AI: Tesla undervalues self-driving safety tech
The top electric car maker comes under heavy criticism for not investing in multiple sensors for its full self-driving system to improve driver and pedestrian safety. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jul 2023
The implications of generative AI for trust and safety
Leaving generative AI unchecked risks flooding platforms with disinformation, fraud and toxic content. But proactive steps by companies and policymakers could stem the tide. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Jul 2023
How and why businesses should develop a ChatGPT policy
ChatGPT-like tools have enterprise potential, but also pose risks such as data leaks and costly errors. Establish guardrails to prevent inappropriate use while maximizing benefits. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2023
Resume company builds non-biased generative AI feature
WorkStory used startup Armilla AI's AutoAlign platform. The platform tunes open source large language models and acts as a guardrail for non-open source ones. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jun 2023
Tesla full self-drive software and autonomous vehicle safety
The automaker gave North American users access to its full self-driving system in 2022. However, critics say it fails to perform basic tasks and could lead to catastrophic results. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Jun 2023
Understand key MLOps governance strategies
Machine learning developers can speed up production of ML applications -- while avoiding risks to their organizations -- with an MLOps governance framework. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Jun 2023
How AI changes quality assurance in tech
AI and automation have become more commonplace across business processes. In the tech industry, for example, the use of both can enhance quality assurance. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2023
U.S. doesn't need a new AI regulator, experts argue
Instead of establishing a new AI regulator in the U.S., it's crucial for existing agencies to conduct a review and determine their existing capacity for handling AI-related cases. Continue Reading
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Opinion
08 Jun 2023
AI needs guardrails as generative AI runs rampant
Generative AI hype has businesses eager to adopt it, but they should slow down. Frameworks and guardrails must first be put in place to mitigate generative AI's risks. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2023
A look at 'risk of extinction from AI' statement
The statement equates the potential risk of human eradication from AI to that of nuclear war. However, some argue society should instead mitigate the existing risk of AI bias. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2023
Dataiku integrates with OpenAI, targets responsible AI
The vendor's new data science platform includes integration with OpenAI's GPT-4 and multiple features to provide business users with control in the model creation process. Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2023
OpenAI CEO advocates for AI regulation
To mitigate harms caused by artificial intelligence, industry leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said regulation will be necessary. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 May 2023
How AI can transform industrial safety
AI tools can help ensure workplace safety, from injury detection to VR training. To prevent hazards, business leaders should lean into AI adoption and understand its benefits. Continue Reading
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News
04 May 2023
Examining AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton’s fears about AI
The 'godfather of AI' claims AI will be misused for political gain and to manipulate humans. His resignation from Google came weeks after tech leaders called for an 'AI pause.' Continue Reading
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News
26 Apr 2023
OpenAI takes privacy step by changing ChatGPT data settings
The AI research lab is giving users the option to disable their chat history. Any conversations created when chat history is disabled will be automatically deleted 30 days later. Continue Reading
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News
25 Apr 2023
Nvidia NeMo Guardrails addresses trust concerns with AI bots
The toolkit enables enterprises to control the way large language models such as ChatGPT react to certain inquiries. It targets concerns enterprises have about trust and safety. Continue Reading
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News
24 Apr 2023
Foley legal AI lowers cost of reviewing tech contracts
Foley & Lardner decided to embrace legal AI in its recently launched online contract review software. The top 50 law firm expects AI to eventually handle most routine legal tasks. Continue Reading
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News
12 Apr 2023
Governments worldwide attempting to regulate generative AI
Countries worldwide are monitoring the generative systems with their own unique rules and laws. For example, China proposed new laws, and the U.S. requested public comments. Continue Reading
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Definition
04 Apr 2023
sustainable AI
Sustainable AI is the use of artificial intelligence systems that operate in ways contingent with sustainable business practices. Continue Reading
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News
31 Mar 2023
At MLconf, speakers stress need for responsible AI framework
Amid rising concerns about responsible AI, including recent calls for a pause in development, experts at MLconf urged caution and accountability when deploying AI systems. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2023
Reasons for and effects of Microsoft cutting AI ethics unit
The tech giant has garnered much attention for integrating ChatGPT technology into its applications. However, eliminating its AI ethics unit raises questions. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Mar 2023
The rise of automation and governance in MLOps
MLOps can make many of an organization's operations more efficient, but only when its automation capabilities are paired with effective governance strategies. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Feb 2023
ElevenLabs and the risks of voice-generating AI
The startup's technology is popular among content creators and also bad actors who use it maliciously. But the AI voice platform also raises the issue of what's real and fake. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2023
How ChatGPT can advance AI in the law industry
AI technology has made it easier for lawyers to do their job effectively. The emergence of generative AI is no exception. But lawyers who use this tool must do so responsibly. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Feb 2023
Federal report focuses on AI diversity and ethics
A national group formed to advance the research and development of AI in the U.S. proposes ways to add more variety among students, educators and researchers studying AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Feb 2023
Implications of AI art lawsuits for copyright laws
Lawsuits filed by Getty Images and several artists could determine whether generative AI developers can use copyrighted materials as part of their training data sets. Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2022
Lensa AI app mixes up data, privacy and representation
The app generates avatars from users' images. While the terms and conditions worry critics, the avatars provide representation of racial groups not usually seen in art. Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2022
Diversity within your AI team can reduce bias
The CEO of the Women Leaders in Data and AI group discusses why including women and other underrepresented groups on AI teams can help to address the problem of AI bias. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2022
AWS adds governance, geospatial tools to Amazon SageMaker
The cloud computing giant added data governance and geospatial tools to its machine learning platform and provided 40 new data connectors to Data Wrangler. Continue Reading
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News
14 Nov 2022
Intel deepfake detector raises questions
The vendor created a detector that uses facial blood flow to determine if a video subject is fake or real. However, its effectiveness to detect a real or fake video is unclear. Continue Reading
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Definition
10 Nov 2022
algorithmic transparency
Algorithmic transparency is openness about the purpose, structure and underlying actions of the algorithms used to search for, process and deliver information. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Oct 2022
How financial institutions can streamline compliance with AI
AI systems help make compliance processes more efficient and effective for financial institutions. Automation can reduce problems like human error and regulatory breaches. Continue Reading
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Feature
07 Oct 2022
The long-term answer to fixing bias in AI systems
The technology is exploding with new developments daily. However, problems with training data can lead to bias. Fixing it requires retraining the data and educating users. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 Oct 2022
The creative thief: AI tools creating generated art
AI systems such as OpenAI's Dall-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion are used to create striking images. But it can be unclear if the images are inspired by others or stolen. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Aug 2022
New AI ethics advisory board will deal with challenges
Created by the Institute for Experiential AI at Northeastern University, the board will help organizations without internal audit boards but will face some challenges. Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2022
Deepfake technology risky but intriguing for enterprises
Enterprises can generate synthetic data sets with the technology. It is useful in broadcast and for advertising. However, its privacy and political implications can be dangerous. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Apr 2022
Use an AI governance framework to surmount challenges
As AI governance adapts to the rapidly expanding field of AI, businesses need a holistic framework to surmount challenges with clearly defined roles and responsibilities. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Apr 2022
Combating AI bias in the financial sector
Companies must use explainable AI to avoid making unfair and biased decisions about consumers. Some use machine learning tools; others avoid personally identifying information. Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2022
Making AI systems responsible, competitive and functional
Many enterprises have a tough time building fair and trustworthy models. Doing so could be profitable for enterprises, while not doing so could be catastrophic. Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2022
Monitaur makes AI governance tool generally available
GovernML helps enterprises determine policies surrounding responsible and ethical AI. It also helps enterprises determine their risk management policies. Continue Reading
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Tip
01 Apr 2022
How AI ethics is the cornerstone of governance
The concept of AI ethics ensures that AI systems provide accuracy and reliability. Businesses will benefit from adopting AI ethics strategies of their own. Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2022
China's AI regulations face technical challenge
China's AI regulations ask for things that may not be technically feasible, said Russell Wald, policy director at Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered AI. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2022
Experts see positives to China's new AI regulations
In the international push to regulate AI, China may have developed some of the most ambitious rules to date, according to Alan Pelz-Sharpe, founder of Deep Analysis. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Feb 2022
Interpretability and explainability can lead to more reliable ML
Interpretability and explainability as machine learning concepts make algorithms more trustworthy and reliable. Author Serg Masís assesses their practical value in this Q&A. Continue Reading
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Feature
11 Feb 2022
Differentiating between good and bad AI bias
As lawmakers and regulators look at ways to make machine learning models fair, some tech vendors are creating tools that aim to enable enterprises to achieve that purpose. Continue Reading
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News
08 Feb 2022
Nvidia, Arm deal fails after heightened regulatory scrutiny
Nvidia's acquisition of Arm Ltd. faced its share of regulatory hurdles, but the global semiconductor chip shortage prompted increased scrutiny of the chip-related deal. Continue Reading
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News
25 Jan 2022
IRS facial recognition move raises bias, privacy concerns
The agency requires photo identification for certain services using a face match system from digital ID vendor ID.me, but privacy advocates say the technology is prone to bias. Continue Reading
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News
24 Jan 2022
Meta AI supercomputer looks toward the metaverse
The tech giant will use its new AI Research Supercluster internally for NLP and computer vision and to build new technologies for the metaverse. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jan 2022
Mostly AI plans to use $25M funding for responsible AI efforts
The synthetic data vendor works with customers in Europe and North America. Experts say more than half of AI projects will be created using synthetic models by 2024. Continue Reading
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News
09 Dec 2021
How an AI startup is trying to fix gender bias in the workplace
Startup Pipeline Equity provides enterprises with an AI platform to help make decisions about hiring, pay, performance, potential and promotion -- free of bias. Continue Reading
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News
07 Dec 2021
Microsoft unveils responsible AI guidelines and dashboard
The tech giant unveiled 10 guidelines for organizations to consider when building AI models, and a dashboard that data scientists can use to ensure their models are ethical. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Oct 2021
FTC pursues AI regulation, bans biased algorithms
The agency tries to regulate how businesses use AI algorithms by enforcing the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Equal Opportunity Credit Act and FTC Act. Critics want more regulation. Continue Reading
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News
08 Oct 2021
Examining both sides of the AI regulation debate
Some government and business leaders want more AI regulation to ensure that systems don't discriminate against or harm others. Others say too much regulation will stifle innovation. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Sep 2021
A look at AI trends and bias in AI algorithms
In the past few years, more and more organizations have focused on AI. However, just as the use of AI and machine learning has expanded, concern about AI bias is also growing. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Sep 2021
AI carbon footprint: Helping and hurting the environment
Companies can use AI to help the environment, including by using it to prevent forest fires and reduce factory waste. At the same time, AI has its own carbon footprint. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Sep 2021
Expanding explainable AI examples key for the industry
Improving AI explainability and interpretability are keys to building consumer trust and furthering the technology's success. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Aug 2021
AI and climate change: The mixed impact of machine learning
AI can both help and hurt the environment. While companies use artificial intelligence to increase factory efficiency and lower energy costs, training AI demands a lot of energy. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Aug 2021
AI accountability: Who's responsible when AI goes wrong?
Who should be held accountable when AI misbehaves? The users, the creators, the vendors? It's not clear, but experts have some ideas. Continue Reading
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Feature
16 Aug 2021
Solving the AI black box problem through transparency
Ethical AI black box problems complicate user trust in the decision-making of algorithms. As AI looks to the future, experts urge developers to take a glass box approach. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jul 2021
Building trustworthy AI is key for enterprises
Organizations need to focus on transparency in models, ethical procedures and responsible AI in order to best comply with guidelines for developing trustworthy AI systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Jun 2021
5 ways AI bias hurts your business
A biased AI system can lead businesses to produce skewed, harmful and even racist predictions. It's important for enterprises to understand the power and risks of AI bias. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jun 2021
Combating racial bias in AI
By employing a diverse team to work on AI models, using large, diverse training sets, and keeping a sharp eye out, enterprises can root out bias in their AI models. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jun 2021
Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance clears antitrust hurdle
The U.S. government didn't flag the Microsoft-Nuance acquisition as violating antitrust laws, but scrutiny of big tech continues as governments try to reign in powerful companies. Continue Reading
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Feature
06 May 2021
How to detect bias in existing AI algorithms
While enterprises can't eliminate bias from their data, they can significantly reduce bias by establishing a governance framework and employing more diverse employees. Continue Reading
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News
21 Apr 2021
IBM Watson updates focus on data privacy and explainability
Updates include new federated learning capabilities within IBM Watson Studio and more insights into how predictions are made in IBM Planning Analytics with Watson. Continue Reading
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News
07 Apr 2021
Research manager resigns amid Google AI ethics controversy
Prominent Google AI research manager Samy Bengio resigns from the company following months of internal discord and the termination of two AI researchers. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Mar 2021
Synthetic data for machine learning combats privacy, bias issues
Synthetic data generation for machine learning can combat bias and privacy concerns while democratizing AI for smaller companies with data set issues. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Feb 2021
Nvidia acquisition of Arm faces industry, regulatory hurdles
Nvidia's acquisition of Arm Ltd. could change the chipmaker landscape and is reportedly raising industry and regulatory eyebrows. Continue Reading
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Feature
19 Feb 2021
CTO on the need for AI ethics and diversity
A CTO talks about the importance of diverse data sets when creating AI models and how a lack of diversity can create bias in systems. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Jan 2021
Tackling the AI bias problem at the origin: Training data
Though data bias may seem like a back-end issue, the enterprise implications of an AI software using biased data can derail model implementation. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jan 2021
Diverse talent pools and data sets can help solve bias in AI
Bringing historically underrepresented employees into critical parts of the design process while creating an AI model can reduce or eliminate bias in that model. Continue Reading
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News
12 Jan 2021
White House issues guiding principles for AI regulations
While the recommendations for AI regulation in the White House memo are loose, they appear to show the government is beginning to embrace AI, and could be a start toward oversight. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jan 2021
Doubts about Trump video show how hard deepfakes are to detect
Some Twitter users insist that a recent video of President Trump admitting his defeat in the election is a deepfake, although there's no proof. Deepfakes are difficult to detect. Continue Reading
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News
15 Dec 2020
DataRobot releases new feature to detect AI bias
DataRobot is the latest AI vendor to address AI bias, releasing a new feature to help organizations detect and prevent bias in their models. Continue Reading
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News
08 Dec 2020
Amazon SageMaker Clarify aims to mitigate bias in machine learning
AWS looks to tackle machine learning bias with a new a new tool that works with Amazon SageMaker products to help developers and users better detect and eliminate AI bias. Continue Reading
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News
04 Dec 2020
Hundreds support former Google AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru
A prominent AI ethics researcher said she was unfairly fired by Google after sending an email to colleagues critical of the way Google treats women and people of color. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Oct 2020
Insurance provider uses AI for legal to manage contracts
The legal team at Asurion, a major insurance provider, kept its documents spread out across filing cabinets, hard drives and the cloud. It turned to an AI platform to better manage them. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Oct 2020
Establishing AI governance in a business
It's hard to ethically manage data for AI models, but AI governance, as well as a strong ethics framework, can help enterprises effectively manage data and models. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Sep 2020
The deepfake 2020 election threat is real, but containable
Disinformation could harm the 2020 presidential election, and technology simply isn't advanced enough to detect manipulated content, especially deepfakes. Continue Reading
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News
03 Sep 2020
Microsoft deepfake software combats election propaganda
Ahead of the 2020 United States presidential election, Microsoft released Video Authenticator, an AI-powered tool to help identify deepfake images and videos. Continue Reading
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Feature
31 Aug 2020
Responsible AI champions human-centric machine learning
Encompassing ethics, transparency and human centricity, responsible AI is an effective approach to deploying machine learning models and achieving actionable insights. Continue Reading
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Feature
27 Aug 2020
It's time to address AI ethics
Enterprises need to focus on creating and adopting AI ethical guidelines, especially for emerging technologies such as facial recognition and home assistants. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Aug 2020
Bias in machine learning examples: Policing, banking, COVID-19
Human bias, missing data, data selection, data confirmation, hidden variables and unexpected crises can contribute to distorted machine learning models, outcomes and insights. Continue Reading
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Opinion
17 Aug 2020
Does technology increase the problem of racism and discrimination?
According to a publication from the MIT Technology Review, technology promotes racism. Most facial recognition algorithms discriminate against the Black population. And even certain concepts or technological terminology tend to be offensive, highlighting "white supremacy." Continue Reading
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Tip
11 Aug 2020
Data science's ongoing battle to quell bias in machine learning
Machine learning expert Ben Cox of H2O.ai discusses the problem of bias in predictive models that confronts data scientists daily and his techniques to identify and neutralize it. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Jun 2020
Understanding how deep learning black box training creates bias
Bias in AI is a systematic issue that derails many projects. Dismantling the black box of deep learning algorithms is crucial to the advancement and deployment of the technology. Continue Reading
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News
29 Jun 2020
IBM donates AI ethics tools to Linux Foundation
IBM donates open source toolkits AI Fairness 360, Adversarial Robustness 360 and AI Explainability 360 to the Linux Foundation amid calls for more ethical AI. Continue Reading
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Feature
29 May 2020
Contact tracing apps seem effective, but have privacy concerns
Contact tracing mobile applications appear to offer an easier, safer way to track where an infected person has been, but technology could cross a data privacy boundary. Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2020
Pegasystems releases Ethical Bias Check to cut down on AI bias
Pegasystems has embedded a new tool to combat AI bias in its Pega Customer Decision Hub. The tool can alert users to potential biases before they deploy system changes. Continue Reading
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News
08 May 2020
Automated data governance vendor Immuta gets key update
An update to Immuta's automated data governance enabled one of its users to better anonymize its consumers' data and control who has access to it. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Apr 2020
Safety vs. privacy in the age of coronavirus raises tech questions
To slow the spread of the coronavirus, governments and organizations are using contact tracing and thermal imaging for fever detection, but these methods carry privacy concerns. Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Apr 2020
4 explainable AI techniques for machine learning models
At its core, AI is a complex modeling process with layers of information. In order to be able to explain the algorithm's decision-making process, start with its input data. Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Apr 2020
Here's how one lawyer advises removing bias from AI
Avoiding bias in AI applications is one of the central challenges in using the technology. Here's some advice on deploying AI technologies in a way that is fair. Continue Reading
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Feature
02 Apr 2020
Using AI in AML fights fraud while protecting privacy
Money laundering and fraud remain a risk for financial institutions, but AI can act as a useful tool against a constantly evolving financial enemy. Continue Reading
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Feature
04 Mar 2020
The state of AI defined by global adoption and regulation
Cognilytica reports on AI adoption by both countries and companies across the globe, as well as the former's overall strategies and regulation frameworks. Continue Reading
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News
02 Mar 2020
The pope, with Microsoft and IBM, calls for AI ethics
The Pontifical Academy for Life has issued new guidelines for ethical AI that call for artificial intelligence technology to be explainable, trusted and secure. Continue Reading
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News
20 Feb 2020
EU AI regulation guidelines worry vendors
The EU released AI regulation guidelines that demand AI systems in high-risk areas are transparent and have human oversight. Some vendors are worried. Continue Reading
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News
07 Feb 2020
IBM's Policy Lab calls for AI regulation
Launched during the Davos World Economic Forum, IBM's Policy Lab seeks to unite governments and businesses on creating and adopting more regulation of AI. Continue Reading