Responsible machine learning can still protect intellectual property. Here's how

Two key components for using ML responsibly provide a prudent "start here" for organizations: model explainability and data transparency. The inability to explain why a model arrived at a particular result presents a level of risk in nearly every industry. In some areas, like healthcare, the stakes are particularly high when a model could be presenting a recommendation for patient care. In financial services, regulators may need to know why a lender is making a loan. Data transparency can ensure there is no unfair or unintended bias in the training data sets used to build the model, which can lead to disparate impact for protected classes – and consumers have what is increasingly a legally protected right to know how their data is being used.