A global group of AI experts and data scientists released a new voluntary framework for safe AI development.
The World Ethical Data Foundation, comprising 25,000 members, including professionals from major tech companies like Meta, Google, and Samsung, has introduced a new voluntary framework to ensure the safe development of artificial intelligence (AI) products.
The framework contains a checklist of 84 questions for developers to consider at the inception of an AI project. Additionally, the Foundation has extended an invitation to the public for submitting their own questions, which will be considered during its upcoming annual conference.
The framework has been released in the form of an open letter, a favored format within the AI community.
The foundation gathers people from tech and academia to investigate the development of new technologies.
The World Ethical Data Foundation's voluntary framework for AI development covers crucial questions for developers, including how they will prevent an AI product from containing bias, and how they will deal with a situation in which the result generated by an AI tool potentially leads to law-breaking.
The framework covers a wide range of considerations to promote responsible AI development. Some of these considerations include whether it is clear to a user that they are interacting with AI, and whether human workers who input data used to train the product were treated fairly.
The comprehensive list of 84 questions is divided into three chapters: questions for individual developers, questions for teams working together, and questions for people product testing. By exploring these questions, developers can better identify potential biases, ensure data integrity, and ensure they are not rushed or pressured to input data from questionable sources.
Source: BBC News
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