Check out results of Roundtable series on ethical AI development
With seven workshops, numerous discussions and many practical exercises, 13 leading representatives of international software-developing companies who participated in the roundtable series on ethical AI development by Stiftung Mercator and German Informatics Society created three prototypical concepts for reinforcing the responsible design of AI.
ITPE webinar on tech ethics – NEW DATE 15/11
On 15 November, 10:00 CET, ITPE will host a webinar to discuss the ethical aspects of IT and how professionals can help drive digital technology, not only by their technical expertise, but also with their ability to detect issues that could threaten a human-centric approach.
Watch the recap of ITPE’s webinar series
ITPE’s first season of live hosted webinars concluded this summer, and now you can get a quick overview of what was discussed in this new recap video.
Irish team to develop bias detection techniques
Researchers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at ‘Insight’, a Science Foundation Ireland research centre for data analytics, together with customer experience firm Genesys, are developing techniques for bias detection in machine learning.
‘Ethics as a Service’ – bringing Ethical AI from principle to practice
A group of researchers have recently coined the term ‘Ethics as a Service’. The term means the provision of ethical assistance, advice or guidance into AI development, use and design.
ITPE’s ethics webinar-livestream held in February
Last month, ITPE held a webinar focused on ethics in IT. Carina Dantas (Shine 2Europe) presented ‘Bringing ethics to work’, highlighting the methods and frameworks developed to foster professional ethics and ways to implement them in practice. Clare Thornley (Clarity Research) shared her insight on the impact of science fiction on our understanding of ethical behaviour.
ITPE ethics webinar to be held on 15 February
ITPE will hold an ethics webinar on 15 February, 10:00-11:00 CET, focusing on the relevant competences for IT staff that help ensure security and transparency when working with digital technologies.
ITPE webinar on IT professional ethics to be held 15 February
The next ITPE webinar ‘Responsibility in tech – ethical challenges for IT professionals’ will take place on 15 February at 10:00 CET. We will discuss the responsibility of IT professionals when developing new technologies that may have legal/ethical implications related to e.g., data usage or biased algorithms.
G20 releases Ministerial Declaration on digitalisation of education
The G20 countries have issued a Ministerial Declaration on digitalisation of education, which emphasises the importance of promoting human-centred technological development and addressing the digital divide in research and higher education as well as mitigating the security risks in digital environments.
Have your say: public consultation on EU digital principles
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a set of new digital principles to “promote and uphold EU values in the digital space”. This consultation is open until 2 September 2021.
