An international group of AI experts and scientists have come together to release a new set of guidelines for the safe development of AI products. As countries around the globe scramble to release their own forward-thinking framework.
The World Ethical Data Foundation has released an open letter that includes a checklist of 84 questions. The group believes that if developers answer all of them at the beginning of a project, safety will be ensured.
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The checklist includes questions considering if the user is fully aware of how they are interacting with AI. As well as considerations into global data protection laws and the data used to train the model.
Currently, the global group has over 25,000 AI development experts from a range of tech companies, including Meta and Google.
The open letter has received signatures from hundreds of experts in the field.
The full list is split into three chapters, which feature questions for the whole team, the testers and the developers.
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By GlobalDataThe World Ethical Data Foundation is similar to other non-profit groups fighting for the safe development of AI.
The UK wants to be a global leader for AI regulation
AI has been a point of discussion throughout the tech world over the past couple of years – with generative applications like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard receiving mainstream attention.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the launch of the country’s AI taskforce last month. Sunak appointed AI investor Ian Hogarth to lead the group, which he claims will help “better understand the risks” associated with the aforementioned systems.
The taskforce of experts follows Sunak’s calls for the UK to be a leader in AI development.
The prime minister claimed that he didn’t want the UK to just be the “intellectual home” of AI, but also the “geographical home of global AI safety regulation”.
Talking at London Tech Week last month, Sunak said: “Already we’ve seen AI help the paralysed to walk and discover superbug-killing antibiotics – and that’s just the beginning.
“The possibilities are extraordinary. But we must – and we will – do it safely.”
