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Equity and Responsibility

Stories about the importance of innovating responsibly by ensuring ethical standards are applied during the design, development and use of data-driven technologies.

Analytics

Kristi BoydMay 31, 2023 1

Understanding the role of privacy and security in responsible innovation

As organizations embrace AI, they often handle large volumes of data that power AI systems. Handling data appropriately includes implementing adequate privacy policies and security measures to protect it. Doing so prevents accidental exposure and ensures ethical data use. AI technology often uses sensitive data for creating, training and utilizing models.

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Artificial Intelligence | Equity and Responsibility

Reggie TownsendMay 25, 2023 0

Fostering AI common sense: The need for critical thinking and healthy skepticism

As AI rapidly advances over the next several years, I’ve been fortunate to have an active role in helping to guide a responsible path forward when it comes to technology’s impact on our daily lives. Currently, this role includes serving as Vice President for the SAS Data Ethics Practice, as an

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Analytics | Data Culture and Fluency | Data for Good

Cindy TurnerMay 23, 2023 4

How passion and purpose power business change

Unleash innovation with diverse viewpoints, creative thinking and personal passions.

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Analytics

Joe NyangonMay 16, 2023 0

Rethinking grid modernization: 5 keys to tackling climate change

A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) highlights the pressing need for prompt and resolute action across industries to tackle climate change. The report emphasizes the importance of prioritizing equity, social justice, inclusion and just transition processes to enable ambitious climate mitigation actions and climate-resilient development.

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data for Good

Reggie TownsendApril 27, 2023 0

Data quality: The foundation for trustworthy AI

I see the term resilience in a lot of business literature these days. Intuitively, it makes sense. After a pandemic, global supply chain disruptions and resulting economic fragility, executives understandably consider adaptability, durability and how best to operate with a strength of character – all attributes that define resilience. Many

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Caslee SimsApril 3, 2023 0

Exploring the interplay of technology and society

If you’ve ever contemplated AI's messy reality and political nature, the interplay of technology with society and the impact of AI on democracy, we have a conversation for you. As AI rapidly expands, it has sparked numerous discussions and debates. One theory is that AI is inherently political. This viewpoint

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Analytics

Vrushali SawantMarch 30, 2023 0

The ethics of responsible innovation: Why transparency is key

In today's world, data-driven systems make significant decisions across industries. While these systems can bring many benefits, they can also foster distrust by obscuring how decisions are made. Therefore, transparency within data driven systems is critical to responsible innovation. Transparency requires clear, explainable communication. Since transparency helps people understand how

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Equity and Responsibility | Innovation

Kristi BoydMarch 3, 2023 1

Generative AI: Benefits, risks and a framework for responsible innovation

Generative AI (GAI) is a category of AI that can create new content, including video, audio, images and text. GAI has the potential to change the way we approach content creation. It’s gotten much attention lately. Take ChatGPT for example. The AI chatbot has captivated the public’s imagination with clever

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Analytics

Vrushali SawantFebruary 22, 2023 0

Embedding responsible innovation: How SAS is leading the charge in ethical technology

Responsible innovation is critical because technology does not exist in a vacuum. It affects us all in unexpected ways. We know analytics has an undeniable impact on society. For example, analytics can help hospitals manage their inventories for essential items like wheelchairs and bladder scanners, help sports teams curate a

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Analytics | Artificial Intelligence

Reggie TownsendFebruary 10, 2023 2

A call to action: Empowering minority populations in the AI revolution

One of the reasons I got involved with the trustworthy AI movement is because automated systems enabled by our past will hurt people – at scale – if we aren’t careful. Worse yet, and from a personal perspective, it concerned me that if such systems were deployed in justice and

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