Guidelines are a welcome step towards ethical AI

Big Tech has repeatedly failed to ensure human rights are top priority

The EU’s guidelines on artificial intelligence have been praised for setting a global standard. They are also timely, given the revelation this week that Microsoft had worked with a Chinese military-affiliated university on AI research. The EU’s principles leave open the question of how to decide whether AI is of good to society. The answer will be in nuanced regulation of individual applications, not a blanket approach to all AI. Strategies for ethical AI are not new, but the European Commission’s document is noteworthy. It draws on a wide array of experts and is grounded in the idea that AI should both respect rights and be robust enough to avoid unintentional harm.

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