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Artificial Intelligence: Equality

Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UIN HL2716, tabled on 22 February 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the developers of artificial intelligence technologies concerning how they verify the accuracy of their outputs, particularly with regard to racial and gender bias.

Answered on

7 March 2024

Preventing bias and ensuring the accuracy of AI outputs are essential for building public trust in AI and encouraging its adoption and growth.

The Government engaged with AI developers through our AI Regulation White Paper consultation and the response published this month, which details how we are protecting UK citizens from AI-related bias.

The Government launched the Fairness Innovation Challenge, granting over £465,000 to support the development of socio-technical solutions to address bias in AI.

We published the 'Introduction to AI Assurance', guide for AI developers and deployers, which outlines how techniques like bias audits can help verify AI systems.