5 Best Practices for Testing AI Applications

In light of the April 2021 announcement of the world's first legislative framework for regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI), the European Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AIA), now is an opportune time for developers to revisit their strategies for testing AI applications. Incoming regulations mean that the group of stakeholders who care about your testing results just got bigger and more involved. The stakes are high, not least because companies that violate the terms of the legislation could face fines higher than those levied under the General Data Protection Act (GDPR). For the purpose of transparency, certain types of AI also have to make their accuracy metrics available to users, which adds to the pressure to get functional testing right. Following on from Applause's step-by-step guide to training and testing your AI algorithm, this article summarizes how developers should be testing AI applications in anticipation of the new era of AI regulations.