Policy advice and best practices on bias and fairness in AI

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Authors

  • Jose M. Alvarez
  • Alejandra Bringas Colmenarejo
  • Alaa Elobaid
  • Simone Fabbrizzi
  • Miriam Fahimi
  • Antonio Ferrara
  • Siamak Ghodsi
  • Carlos Mougan
  • Ioanna Papageorgiou
  • Paula Reyero
  • Mayra Russo
  • Kristen M. Scott
  • Laura State
  • Xuan Zhao
  • Salvatore Ruggieri

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External Research Organisations

  • Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
  • University of Pisa
  • University of Southampton
  • Center For Research And Technology - Hellas
  • Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin)
  • Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  • Alpen-Adria-Universitat Klagenfurt (AAU)
  • GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
  • RWTH Aachen University
  • Open University
  • KU Leuven
  • SCHUFA Holding AG
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Original languageEnglish
Article number31
Number of pages26
JournalEthics and information technology
Volume26
Issue number2
Early online date29 Apr 2024
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024

Abstract

The literature addressing bias and fairness in AI models (fair-AI) is growing at a fast pace, making it difficult for novel researchers and practitioners to have a bird’s-eye view picture of the field. In particular, many policy initiatives, standards, and best practices in fair-AI have been proposed for setting principles, procedures, and knowledge bases to guide and operationalize the management of bias and fairness. The first objective of this paper is to concisely survey the state-of-the-art of fair-AI methods and resources, and the main policies on bias in AI, with the aim of providing such a bird’s-eye guidance for both researchers and practitioners. The second objective of the paper is to contribute to the policy advice and best practices state-of-the-art by leveraging from the results of the NoBIAS research project. We present and discuss a few relevant topics organized around the NoBIAS architecture, which is made up of a Legal Layer, focusing on the European Union context, and a Bias Management Layer, focusing on understanding, mitigating, and accounting for bias.

Keywords

    Artificial Intelligence, Best practices, Bias, Fairness, Policy advice

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Policy advice and best practices on bias and fairness in AI. / Alvarez, Jose M.; Colmenarejo, Alejandra Bringas; Elobaid, Alaa et al.
In: Ethics and information technology, Vol. 26, No. 2, 31, 06.2024.

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Alvarez, JM, Colmenarejo, AB, Elobaid, A, Fabbrizzi, S, Fahimi, M, Ferrara, A, Ghodsi, S, Mougan, C, Papageorgiou, I, Reyero, P, Russo, M, Scott, KM, State, L, Zhao, X & Ruggieri, S 2024, 'Policy advice and best practices on bias and fairness in AI', Ethics and information technology, vol. 26, no. 2, 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-024-09746-w
Alvarez, J. M., Colmenarejo, A. B., Elobaid, A., Fabbrizzi, S., Fahimi, M., Ferrara, A., Ghodsi, S., Mougan, C., Papageorgiou, I., Reyero, P., Russo, M., Scott, K. M., State, L., Zhao, X., & Ruggieri, S. (2024). Policy advice and best practices on bias and fairness in AI. Ethics and information technology, 26(2), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-024-09746-w
Alvarez JM, Colmenarejo AB, Elobaid A, Fabbrizzi S, Fahimi M, Ferrara A et al. Policy advice and best practices on bias and fairness in AI. Ethics and information technology. 2024 Jun;26(2):31. Epub 2024 Apr 29. doi: 10.1007/s10676-024-09746-w
Alvarez, Jose M. ; Colmenarejo, Alejandra Bringas ; Elobaid, Alaa et al. / Policy advice and best practices on bias and fairness in AI. In: Ethics and information technology. 2024 ; Vol. 26, No. 2.
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