At the start of 2020, 42 percent of companies used AI-dependent technologies, said a report, citing recent research. Image: IStock/monsitj via AFP Relaxnews.
“There are many people who think that when you don’t have any data linked to gender or ethnic origin in your data set then you’re fine and that is not discriminating,” Reichel added.On the contrary, he argued, caution was needed as “there is a lot of information that can be linked to protected attributes.”
More research funding was needed into the “potentially discriminatory effects of AI,” the agency added. The issue was all the more pressing given that the “COVID-19 pandemic has potentially quickened acceptance of innovative technologies,” particularly in improving healthcare and helping track the spread of disease, the report noted.Already at the start of 2020, 42% of companies used AI-dependent technologies, said the report, citing recent research.