The Biden administration unveiled a blueprint Tuesday for a new national framework governing the design and usage of artificial intelligence, a landmark federal initiative emphasizing the need for civil rights protections and greater accountability in AI, bolstered by complimentary work from other federal agencies.
Announced by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the framework, dubbed the AI Bill of Rights, is composed of five guiding principles to be considered when developing AI technologies. These include: creating safe and effective systems, data privacy, algorithm discrimination protections, user notices and human alternatives…
Preventing harmful biases in AI algorithms is a chief concern addressed in the framework. Citing examples of algorithms that use data to discriminate in the bases of characteristics such as race or sex, administration officials said that system testing and consulting with impacted communities is one of the ways to mitigate algorithmic discrimination.
“Unfortunately, we’ve repeatedly seen instances where the use of automated systems leads to discriminatory outcomes,” a spokesperson said. “Just like systems need to be tested to see if they work, they need to be assessed to see if they lead to disparities in cases where one demographic group receives worse outcomes.” … Read the full article here.
