To help fight bias in AI, Accenture's Applied Intelligence group developed AI

Fairness Tool. Launched at the CogX conference in June this year, the tool

allows companies and governments to assess whether their AI systems will

treat all people in a fair and unbiased way. Developed in collaboration with the

Alan Turing Institute, the tool's key features include:

DATA ASSESSMENT AND REMOVAL OF RESIDUAL IMPACT: The tool checks

the data that feeds an AI tool and determines what impact sensitive variables

(for example, gender) have on other variables.

AI MODEL ASSESSMENT AND ADJUSTMENT: The tool tests for algorithmic

bias and adjusts the model for equalized impact to make sure people are

treated fairly.

CALCULATION OF ACCURACY TRADE-OFFS: The tool shows whether

improving model fairness will affect its accuracy and to what extent.

Accenture's AI Fairness Tool is part of a suite of offerings to help organizations

create agile, responsible AI that integrates ethical assessments into the

innovation process-without slowing it down. More than ever, organizations

must have strong core values and be ready to defend them vigorously-and AI

needs to reflect them.

The powerful combination of data, analytics and now AI, is fueling socioeconomic growth.

By using the vast amounts of underlying information we

have available and leveraging AI to analyze and harness it, we can

fundamentally improve businesses and the quality of life for people around the

world. We also can deploy AI to address global issues that otherwise look

intractable, like climate change, congestion, pollution, health and many other

problems we face as a planet.

The new imperative of our digital transformation is to balance intelligent

technology and human ingenuity to innovate every facet of business and

become a smarter enterprise.