{"id":6019,"date":"2023-07-07T23:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=6019"},"modified":"2023-07-07T23:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:30:35","slug":"ai-systems-can-now-be-rated-assessed-for-fairness-via-standard-framework-released-by-dot-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=6019","title":{"rendered":"AI Systems Can Now be Rated, Assessed for Fairness Via Standard Framework Released by DoT Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;background:#f3f3f3;padding:0 15px 10px 10px;border-bottom:5px solid #e1261c\">\n<div style=\"width:510px;padding-top:10px;position:relative;height:350px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bimg\">\n<figure style=\"line-height:0;width:510px;height:340px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The standard for AI systems was officially released on Friday during an event at the Centre for Development of Telematics in New Delhi. (Image: News18)\" title=\"The standard for AI systems was officially released on Friday during an event at the Centre for Development of Telematics in New Delhi. (Image: News18)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=510&amp;height=356\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"\/><\/figure>\n<p style=\"line-height:18px;position:absolute;bottom:0;background:linear-gradient(transparent,#000);left:0;right:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:12px;color:#fff;padding:32px 10px 5px;min-height:55px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 imageCaption\">The standard for AI systems was officially released on Friday during an event at the Centre for Development of Telematics in New Delhi. (Image: News18)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:359px;padding-top:10px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bnow_box\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=6019\/#AI_systems_can_potentially_be_biased_leading_to_ethical_social_and_legal_issues_The_standard_uses_a_set_of_procedures_used_to_identify_potential_biases_and_a_set_of_metrics_to_measure_the_fairness_of_such_systems\" title=\"AI systems can potentially be biased leading to ethical, social and legal issues. The standard uses a set of procedures used to identify potential biases and a set of metrics to measure the fairness of such systems\">AI systems can potentially be biased leading to ethical, social and legal issues. The standard uses a set of procedures used to identify potential biases and a set of metrics to measure the fairness of such systems<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=6019\/#Step_by_step_approach\" title=\"Step by step approach\">Step by step approach<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"min-height:24px;font-size:14px;line-height:24px;color:#3f3f3f;font-weight:400\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AI_systems_can_potentially_be_biased_leading_to_ethical_social_and_legal_issues_The_standard_uses_a_set_of_procedures_used_to_identify_potential_biases_and_a_set_of_metrics_to_measure_the_fairness_of_such_systems\"><\/span>AI systems can potentially be biased leading to ethical, social and legal issues. The standard uses a set of procedures used to identify potential biases and a set of metrics to measure the fairness of such systems<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article_ContentWrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624\">\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Telecommunication Engineering Centre, a government agency under the department of telecommunications, has released a standard for fairness assessment and rating of artificial intelligence systems.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">While the draft came in December last year, the standard was officially released on Friday during an event at the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">E-governance is increasingly using AI systems but these can be biased, leading to ethical, social and legal issues. Bias refers to a systematic error in a machine learning model that causes it to make unfair or discriminatory predictions. <\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">So, the standard released by TEC provides a framework for assessing the fairness of AI systems. It includes a set of procedures that can be used to identify potential biases and a set of metrics that can be used to measure the fairness of an AI system.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">The standard can be used by governments, businesses and nonprofits to demonstrate their commitment to fairness. It can also be used by individuals to assess the fairness of the AI systems that they are using. Further, the standard is based on the \u2018Principles of Responsible AI\u2019 laid out by NITI Aayog, which include equality, inclusivity and non-discrimination.<\/p>\n<p><nonfly class=\"article_mad\" adunit=\"NW18_ENG_Desktop\/NW18_ENG_Tech\/NW18_ENG_Tech_AS\/NW18_ENG_TECH_AS_ROS_MID_728\" slotid=\"nw18-dynamic-div-8280325_4_15\" id=\"new_ad_5\"\/><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_by_step_approach\"><\/span>Step by step approach<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in all domains including telecom, as well as related information and communications technology for making decisions that may affect day-to-day lives. Since unintended bias in the AI systems could have grave consequences, this standard provides a systemic approach to certifying fairness. <\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">It approaches certification through a three-step process involving bias risk assessment, threshold determination for metrics and bias testing, where the system is tested in different scenarios to ensure that it performs equally well for all individuals. <\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">There are different data modalities, including tabular, text, image, video, audio among others. In simpler words, data modality refers to the type of data that is being used to train an AI system. For example, tabular data is data organised in a table, text data is data represented as text, image data is data represented as images, and so on.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">The procedure for detecting biases may be different for different data types. For example, a common form of discrimination in text data is due to the encoding of the text input. This means that the way that the text is represented in the computer may be biased, which can lead to the AI system making biased predictions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">So, at present, the standard is built for tabular data and intended to be expanded to other forms. It can be used in two ways, self-certification and independent certification. <\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\"><strong>What is self-certification?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">This is when the entity that developed the AI system conducts an internal assessment of the system to see if it meets the requirements of the standard. If it does, the entity can then provide a report that says the system is fair.<\/p>\n<p><videocarousel\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\"><strong>What is independent certification?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"13\" class=\"story_para_13\">This is when an external auditor conducts an assessment of the AI system to see if it meets the requirements of the standard. If it does, the auditor can then provide a report that says the system is unbiased.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 authorBox21 article_author\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 author_box\">\n<div class=\"author_box_inner\">\n<div class=\"img_box1 author_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2022\/06\/bhaswati.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=70&amp;height=70\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"text1 author_content\"><a class=\"smalldesc1 author_name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/bhaswati-guha-majumder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Bhaswati Guha Majumder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Bhaswati Guha Majumder, Senior Correspondent at News18, has been passionately covering stories related to technology, business (infrastructure), gover<!-- -->&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/bhaswati-guha-majumder.html\" class=\"read_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/ai-systems-can-now-be-rated-assessed-for-fairness-via-standard-framework-released-by-dot-agency-8280325.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The standard for AI systems was officially released on Friday during an event at the Centre for Development of Telematics in New Delhi. 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