The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet this week called for a moratorium on the sale and use of AI systems that pose "a serious risk to human rights." Bachelet said adequate safeguards must be put in place before development resumes on such systems and that any systems that can't be used in compliance with international human rights law should be banned. "AI can be a force for good, helping societies overcome some of the great challenges of our times. But AI technologies can have negative, even catastrophic, effects if they are used without sufficient regard to how they affect people's human rights," Bachelet said.

Earlier this week, Activision Blizzard employees in conjunction with the Communications Workers of America (CWA), a major media labor union, filed an unfair labor practices suit with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal government's labor law agency, accusing the video game giant of worker intimidation and union busting. It's the latest collective action in the wake of a California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) suit against Activision Blizzard filed in July that alleged widespread gender-based discrimination and harassment. In the months since, Activision Blizzard employees have staged a walkout, and workers at other major video game companies like Ubisoft have banded together to demand similar improvements to their own workplaces. Collective action in the American video game industry is on the rise, even if unionization isn't.

Oasis clients now have access to eDiscovery's most advanced text analytics and machine learning solution. "Relativity has been a great software partner over the years and this move further solidifies our relationship," said Brandon Law, Oasis Founder and CEO. "Relativity's commitment and advocacy for the use of AI in the legal field has led to widespread adoption of analytics throughout the space. It's no coincidence that their technology is the most advanced of its kind." Oasis clients now have the ability to leverage popular Relativity workflows such as email threading, textual duplication identification, language identification, categorization, continuous active learning, and much more. "Oasis is an excellent Relativity partner and we continue to appreciate their level of expertise and dedication to the growth and development of our software offerings," said Greg Ball, VP of Engineering and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning at Relativity.

The UN called Wednesday for a moratorium on artificial intelligence systems like facial recognition technology that threaten human rights until "guardrails" are in place against violations. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned that "AI technologies can have negative, even catastrophic effects if they are used without sufficient regard to how they affect people's human rights." She called for assessments of how great a risk various AI technologies pose to things like rights to privacy and freedom of movement and of expression. Faulty AI tools have led to people being unfairly denied social security benefits, while innocent people have been arrested due to flawed facial recognition. She said countries should ban or heavily regulate the ones that pose the greatest threats.

Although the capabilities of Artificial Intelligence vastly outweigh human capacity in rapidly analysing data, it is crucial to understand the limitations. The primary advantage of AI encompasses the proficiency in outputting patterns and decisions, gathered through the quick analysis of information. Contrary to this, traditional decision making by humans encompass a more experience orientated approach, taking the alignment of morals and ethics into consideration. By approaching this through numerous lenses, and considering the different stages of machine learning; Artificial Intelligence, machine & deep learning, we can understand the position & potential of AI in corporate governance. Exposing a unique risk, the basis for AI learning stems from man-made data, and can experience a sense of bias and human error in early stages.

The problem of cyber attack has been on the rise in the present-day digital economy. If you are conversant with the issues that have bedeviled businesses from gaining traction and achieving their objectives and goals, one of the big issues that has impeded the growth of businesses is cybercrime. Cybercrime is an act whereby unscrupulous individuals like internet fraudsters and data hackers have unflinching access to the database of a company without any restriction. If you operate a business in this digital age, there are ways that you can address the problem of data breaches regardless of the industry. Despite stringent norms, as well as high-powered government regulations that the government has put in place to discourage data theft, data protection is still a huge challenge for most businesses operating in the gig economy.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called Wednesday for a moratorium on artificial intelligence (AI) systems that threaten human rights until enough safeguards are in place. Bachelet said in a press release: "Given the rapid and continuous growth of AI, filling the immense accountability gap in how data is collected, stored, shared and used is one of the most urgent human rights questions we face." As a part of its work on technology and human rights, the UN Human Rights Office published a report analyzing how AI affects people's right to privacy and other human rights such as the right to health, education, freedom of movement and freedom of expression. The report highlights the "undeniable and steadily growing impacts of AI technologies on the exercise of the right to privacy and other human rights." Bachelet noted that "the risk of discrimination linked to AI-driven decisions--decisions that can change, define or damage human lives--is all too real."

A newly published report on the state of artificial intelligence says the field has reached a turning point where attention must be paid to the everyday applications of AI technology -- and to the ways in which that technology are being abused. The report, titled "Gathering Strength, Gathering Storms," was issued today as part of the One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence, or AI100, which is envisioned as a century-long effort to track progress in AI and guide its future development . AI100 was initiated by Eric Horvitz, Microsoft's chief scientific officer, and hosted by the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. The project is funded by a gift from Horvitz, a Stanford alumnus, and his wife, Mary. The project's first report, published in 2016, downplayed concerns that AI would lead to a Terminator-style rise of the machines and warned that fear and suspicion about AI would impede efforts to ensure the safety and reliability of AI technologies.

The proposed law mandates that companies must use algorithms to "actively spread positive energy." Under the proposal, companies must submit their algorithms to the government for approval or risk being fined and having their service terminated. This is an incredibly bad and even dangerous idea. It's what happens when people who don't understand AI try to regulate AI. Instead of fostering innovation, governments are looking at AI through their unique lenses of fear and trying to reduce the harm they worry about most. Thus, western regulators focus on fears such as violation of privacy, while Chinese regulators are perfectly okay with collecting private data on their citizens but are concerned about AI's ability to influence people in ways deemed undesirable by the government.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks at a climate event in Madrid in 2019. A recent report of hers warns of the threats that AI can pose to human rights. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks at a climate event in Madrid in 2019. A recent report of hers warns of the threats that AI can pose to human rights. The United Nations' human rights chief has called on member states to put a moratorium on the sale and use of artificial intelligence systems until the "negative, even catastrophic" risks they pose can be addressed. The remarks by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet were in reference to a new report on the subject released in Geneva.