U.K. Data Watchdog Releases Draft Guidance on AI Decision-Making

December 2, 2019, 7:03 PM UTC

Organizations that use artificial intelligence to make decisions should be transparent and consider the effects on individuals, a U.K. regulator says in draft guidance.

The draft, unveiled Dec. 2 by the Information Commissioner’s Office and co-released by the Alan Turig Institute, the U.K.'s national data science and artificial intelligence institute, aims to help organizations explain AI decisions about individuals.

Organizations should consider AI systems’ context and effects in order to explain that their use won’t harm people’s wellbeing, according to the draft. The ICO is accepting comments on the draft until Jan. 24.

“The decisions made using AI need to ...

Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:

See Breaking News in Context

Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.

Already a subscriber?

Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.