All posts tagged "values and ethics"

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  Brazil launches national AI strategy

  Brazil has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, which aims to balance ethical use of the technology while boosting research and innovation in the sector. Following a public consultation,

  • Posted April 13, 2021
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  Ministers must be challenged on misleading statements, says former cabinet secretary

  Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell today expressed frustration with ministers who make false statements or skew statistics, a trend he says is eroding public trust in government. Speaking at an

  • Posted March 17, 2021
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  Emotion recognition tech fundamentally flawed, says human rights charity

  Emerging AI-based emotion recognition technologies are “untenable” under international human rights law, and developing, designing or sharing such tech should be banned, a recent report has argued.  The study, which

  • Posted February 12, 2021
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  OECD report highlights ethical risks around use of algorithms

  Governments around the world are experimenting with the use of data-driven algorithms to develop policy, but the technique raises new ethical risks and challenges, according to a new report on

  • Posted February 18, 2019
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  Strict new anti-graft code for European commissioners

  The president of the European Commission has tightened up the code of conduct for its officials, in a bid to raise ethical standards and police the border between lobbyists and

  • Posted September 20, 2017
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  Canada: civil service head calls for officials’ integrity after harassment complaints

  The head of the Canadian civil service has called for civil servants’ integrity after a staff survey found that almost one in five officials said they were harassed on the job

  • Posted May 11, 2015
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