Australian companies are split over whether they or the providers of artificial intelligence solutions should be responsible for its outcomes, according to a LivePerson-commissioned survey by research firm Fifth Quadrant.
“Old, dumb law [is] struggling to keep up” with the rapid progress being made in artificial intelligence, say a group of Australian business leaders and academics who are calling for greater ethical oversight of the technologies.
The institute will undertake research in the emerging field of quantitative fairness and work with the public and private sectors to put the research into practice. It will release open source ethical AI tools that can be adopted and adapted, says director Bill Simpson-Young.
“You might find it ironic given my job title but I am on a mission to get rid of diversity,” says Aubrey Blanche, head of diversity and belonging at Atlassian.
IBM has launched a software service that it claims can explain how AI makes decisions “as the decisions are being made”.