OPEN CALL
Mitigating the Negative Impacts of AI and Digital Technology
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BACKGROUND
At a time when digital technologies underpin nearly every facet of life and massive global investment is fueling the growth of digital applications powered by AI, there is an opportunity to rethink the future of data science and address the harmful impacts of these systems. Promoting ethical algorithms and data practices requires a united effort to shift the paradigm and ensure that technology benefits humanity.
In partnership with Globant, the Ethical AI Studio integrates advanced digital technologies with socially responsible frameworks to ensure the ethical design, implementation, and scaling of AI. These efforts aim to directly address the unintended harms caused by digital innovations, while promoting individual rights, privacy, non-discrimination, and non-manipulation. The Studio is actively seeking early-stage technology companies to work alongside industry to develop and test new products and solutions that will promote wellbeing and restore the public’s trust in emerging technologies.
OUR THESIS
Opportunity Spaces
Safer Online Gaming and Metaverse Spaces
Testing and deploying solutions that utilize AI to foster a positive and safe online gaming and metaverse experience.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- Automated detection of non-text based forms of abuse
- Better understanding context and intent in online interactions
- Tracking interactions across platforms
- Promoting and rewarding prosocial behaviors
- Preventing the spread of misinformation in online gaming or nascent metaverse spaces
Inclusive and Transparent Algorithms for Life Sciences and Healthcare
Creating and validating solutions that ensure the algorithms deployed and data practices used across healthcare and life sciences are ethical, inclusive and transparent.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- Training AI models with more representative, diverse, and/or augmented data sets
- Detect potential biases in the design and deployment of algorithms
- Enable usage of medical data without impinging on patient privacy
- Ensure reliable information for R&D and diagnostic purposes
- Detect and deter scientific and public health disinformation
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Early-stage ventures seeking to integrate and scale their ethical AI products to create safer gaming and metaverse spaces or enable inclusive and transparent algorithms for life sciences and healthcare. Specifically, the Studio is seeking companies working on AI solutions including but not limited to:
- Explainable algorithms
- Data and algorithmic model auditing
- Synthetic and augmented data
- Easy AI building
- Toxicity detection
- Player management systems
- AI speech moderation
- Fact checking tools
- Bot vulnerability analysis
- Credibility tools
- Privacy enhanced computing
- Identity verification