"Governments and private companies are deploying AI
systems at a rapid pace, but the public lacks the tools to hold these
systems accountable when they fail. That’s one of the major conclusions
in a new report
issued by AI Now, a research group home to employees from tech
companies like Microsoft and Google and affiliated with New York
University.
The report examines the social challenges of AI and algorithmic systems, homing in on what researchers call “the accountability gap” as this technology is integrated “across core social domains.” They put forward ten recommendations, including calling for government regulation of facial recognition (something Microsoft president Brad Smith also advocated for this week) and “truth-in-advertising” laws for AI products, so that companies can’t simply trade on the reputation of the technology to sell their services."
