Intelligent approaches to AI

Ensuring that companies make ethical decisions is clearly a boardroom matter. A new study by the IBM Institute for Business Value reported that more than half of the 1,250 executives surveyed believe AI actually can improve their companies' ethical decisions. Yet while 8 out of 10 directors believe the ethical questions raised by the deployment of AI are board-level issues, only 45 percent feel fully prepared to oversee them. AI is different from other technology innovations, affecting how boards approach oversight. Boards are seeking concrete guidance on how to protect the interests of their companies and stakeholders impacted by AI.