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This Think Piece provides a meta-analysis of the environmental challenges presented by emerging technologies collectively referred to as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). The Think Piece is a call for action for the SDOs, Governments, Policy Makers & Regulators, System Developers & Business Organizations, Academia & Researchers, and Intergovernmental & Non-Governmental Organizations.

This standard provides requirements for technical terminology and communications using the English language that are inclusive and inoffensive. These requirements apply to technical information in standards, policies, plans, procedures, reports, specifications; machine-readable languages, and text presented electronically. The standard includes recommendations on how to replace such deprecated technical terminology and provides examples of alternatives. Learn […]

Women in Robotics has taken the lead in curating a list of best practices in inclusive terminology, in consultation with other groups, and now we would like to share the first draft of "Terminology for 21st Century Technologists" for comment. So far they have considered gender, ethnicity and some disability issues. Their goal is to create a [...]

The Open Community on Ethics in Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (OCEANIS) announced today that BSI, the UK National Standards Body will succeed Canada’s CIO Strategy Council as Secretariat in 2022. As an open global community, OCEANIS addresses the need for coordination and collaboration among standards setting bodies and related organizations to the unprecedented challenges fueled […]

Today, IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, published the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Extended Reality (XR) Report--Extended Reality (XR) Ethics in Education which explores ethics-related issues to support the development, design, and deployment of XR applications in Education. In addition, IEEE also published today the IEEE [...]

IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for humanity, and the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) today announced the launch of IEEE 7000™-2021 – IEEE Standard Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design that provides a clear methodology to analyze human and social values relevant for an ethical system […]

IEEE SA is launching a new content series of podcasts, webinars, and reports focusing on “defining what counts in the Algorithmic Age.”  While it’s critical that Artificial Intelligence Systems (AIS) are transparent, responsible, and trustworthy, Measurementality will bring together great minds from the IEEE SA, AIS communities and beyond to explore the deeper issues around what measurements of success […]

IEEE welcomes input into its Ethics Certification Program for AIS use case paper on Contact Tracing Applications and Contact Tracing Technologies (CTA/CTT). This use case exhibits an initial set of the ECPAIS criteria applied to CTA/CTT. Realizing that the use case and, consequently the criteria by proxy, may be improved with input from a larger set of experts […]

OCEANIS member, AI Global, has launched an open source Responsible AI Design Assistant to help organizations around the world who are designing and developing AI systems to ensure they are built in a responsible way from the start. To learn more about the Design Assistant and the work of AI Global, go to: https://bit.ly/2WbGuUs

During its IEEE Standards Association Standards Board (SASB) virtual meeting on 3 June 2020, the IEEE SASB approved two new Artificial Intelligence Systems (AIS)-related initiatives: The IEEE Applied Artificial Intelligence Systems (AIS) Risk and Impact Framework Initiative and The IEEE Trusted Data and AIS Playbook for Finance Initiative. In accordance with the evolving regulation around [...]