Setting the standards for accessible and equitable AI

A GROUNDBREAKING development in Canada offers important guidance for Malaysia as it moves deeper into digital transformation and artificial intelligence innovation.

Canada recently released the world’s first standard on accessible and equitable AI. Called “Accessible and Equitable Artificial Intelligence Systems”, it was designed to help ensure that AI systems are accessible, inclusive and fair from the start, and was released on Dec 3 to coincide with International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PwDs).