Experts call for safeguards to promote best use of AI

Adopting and sharing best practice to govern the use of artificial intelligence (AI), as well as clear guidance, will encourage responsible innovation and make sure people benefit from emerging technologies. That was one of the conclusions of a new report from global analytics leader SAS, AI & Responsible Innovation: What's Next? As an insatiable appetite for data analytics and advances in quantum computing fuel new developments in AI, concerns are mounting that it could lead to people being harmed or disadvantaged, whether this is done intentionally or not. One of contributors to the SAS report is data scientist, global speaker and founder of the Data Leadership Group Dr Kirk Borne. He said: "AI has become so powerful, and so pervasive, that it's increasingly difficult to tell what's real or not, and what's good or bad. "Of course, it's not only the outright criminals we need to be wary of.