Tag: ethics
War of words escalates between tech firms’ employees and government
The employees of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com are increasingly at odds with their own bosses and with government policy, reports Chris Middleton.
The war...
Security: The IoT is destroying legal concept of privacy warns in-depth...
THE BIG READ A new report cautions that the Internet of Things may undermine the concept of personal privacy to such an extent that...
Google announces new ethical AI strategy
Google has unveiled a set of principles for ethical AI development and deployment, and announced that it will not allow its AI software to...
Opinion: Why driverless cars will force an insurance u-turn
Simon Walker, group chief executive of car insurance provider, First Central Group, explores how the market will be forced to change by the arrival...
Google faces rebellion over military AI projects
A number of employees have resigned from Google following the search giant's recent deal to provide artificial intelligence to the US military. Thousands of...
Europe announces €20 billion AI strategy – UK sidelined | Analysis
Chris Middleton explains why 25 countries' ambitions for a joint approach to AI might lag behind Britain's similar announcements this week and earlier this...
Sage: Why gender-neutral AI helps remove bias from systems
AI technologist Kriti Sharma (pictured) has the ambition of bringing greater diversity and accountability to the algorithms that guide our decisions and sift through...
AI regulation & ethics: How to build more human-focused AI
As debates rage across the world about the growing impact of AI, data analytics, and autonomous systems, Joanna Goodman was invited to sit in...
Cambridge Analytica vs Facebook: Why AI laws are inadequate
UPDATED 20 March 2018
News that Facebook has suspended the artificial intelligence, analytics and 'strategic communications' firm Cambridge Analytica from its platform has sent shockwaves...
Top priest shares ‘The Ten Commandments of A.I.’ for ethical computing
A senior clergyman and government advisor has written what he calls “the Ten Commandments of AI”, to ensure the technology is applied ethically and...