Committee on Standards in Public Life: Artificial Intelligence and Public Standards: report
R20-7
Response position Partially accepted
Published February 2020
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Government should consider how an AI impact assessment requirement could be integrated into existing processes to evaluate the potential effects of AI on public standards. Such assessments should be mandatory and should be published.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Artificial Intelligence and Public Standards: report, February 2020
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The updated Data Ethics Framework contains a set of questions that should be answered throughout any data science or AI-related project. Questions help teams understand the impact of their projects and the simple scoring system flags the need for additional work and guidance when improvement of ethical standards in the project is needed.
Further, the Office for Artificial Intelligence is currently working on a National AI Strategy, based on recommendations from the independent AI Council AI Roadmap published in January as well as consultation with the AI ecosystem across a range of issues, including ethics and unanticipated impacts of AI. The Strategy aims to be both globally ambitious and socially inclusive, and will publish later this year.
Further, the Office for Artificial Intelligence is currently working on a National AI Strategy, based on recommendations from the independent AI Council AI Roadmap published in January as well as consultation with the AI ecosystem across a range of issues, including ethics and unanticipated impacts of AI. The Strategy aims to be both globally ambitious and socially inclusive, and will publish later this year.
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