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A financial institution is implementing a new digital banking platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) for fraud detection and personalized customer services. The board of directors is concerned about the ethical implications of AI, particularly regarding fairness, transparency, and accountability. To address these concerns, the MOST effective governance mechanism to establish is:
- AA public relations campaign to assure customers of the AI's benefits.
- BRegular internal audits of the AI system's performance metrics.
- CA comprehensive AI ethics framework with clear principles, responsibilities, and oversight mechanisms.
- DA dedicated AI development team focused solely on technical implementation.
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Correct answer: C. A comprehensive AI ethics framework with clear principles, responsibilities, and oversight mechanisms.
A comprehensive AI ethics framework directly addresses the board's concerns about fairness, transparency, and accountability by providing guiding principles, assigning responsibilities, and establishing mechanisms for oversight and review.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A public relations campaign is reactive and attempts to manage perception rather than proactively establishing the governance necessary to ensure ethical AI development and deployment.
- B. Performance audits are important for operational effectiveness but do not, by themselves, ensure ethical considerations like fairness or transparency are met.
- D. While a development team is essential, it does not inherently provide the governance structure needed to address ethical concerns from a board perspective.
AI Ethics Governance Framework
A structured set of principles, policies, responsibilities, and oversight mechanisms designed to ensure that artificial intelligence systems are developed and used in an ethical, fair, transparent, and accountable manner.
- Addresses concerns like bias, transparency, and accountability.
- Provides a systematic approach to ethical AI.
- Essential for maintaining trust and regulatory compliance.
Memory trick: AI's ethical path needs a framework, not just code or PR.