Digital Catapult launches Ethics Framework for AI and machine learning | ComputerWeekly.com - TechTarget

Sebastian Klovig Skelton, Reporter - Computer Weekly summarizes, "Innovation centre hopes to foster responsible and ethical development of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems."

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Innovation centre Digital Catapult has unveiled its first Ethics Framework, which it hopes will increase the adoption of ethical standards by organisations developing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies, especially startups.

Digital Catapult said the Ethics Framework is focusing on startups because they are a good testing ground for ethical tools. Unencumbered by legacy infrastructures, startups can more readily benefit from adopting ethical practices from day one, it said.

Luciano Floridi, chairman of Digital Catapult’s machine learning garage ethics committee, the independent body responsible for developing the framework, said: “It is critical that businesses of all sizes start to think and act ethically and responsibly.

“We know from working directly with early-stage AI companies that a highly practical framework, which speaks in the language and caters to the needs of those developing AI-enabled products or services, is required at this crucial stage in the formation of the UK’s already remarkable AI community.”...

Further guidance on how to navigate the framework is provided by Digital Catapult’s ethics committee, which comprises a steering group and a working group. 
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