'We need to be specific to address the issues of AI ethics'

She founded Kingfisher Labs, an AI consulting company based in Cambridge, and works with companies that are building voice and language technology, including areas such as speech-to-text, natural language processing and human-computer dialogue. But one of the big topics on her radar right now is addressing ethical issues in AI. 'There's always the question of whether a particular technology should be built or not' – CATHERINE BRESLIN While plenty of stakeholders, from the EU, to UNESCO to individual companies, have been examining how AI can be developed and deployed in an ethical way, the area of voice technology presents specific challenges. It is an area of assistive AI that is still just developing, and has seen acceleration in the past year due to the pandemic. "As voice technology has become more prevalent, it's right that ethical issues are brought to the forefront. AI ethics is a broad umbrella though, and we need to be specific in order to address the issues," Breslin told Siliconrepublic.com.