Pope Francis taking part in the penitential procession on Ash Wednesday in Rome, Italy, Feb 26. — Reuters
Vatican officials on Feb 28 planned to release principles promoting the ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI), with the backing of Microsoft Corp and International Business Machines Corp as the first two technology industry sponsors.
The "Rome Call for AI Ethics" asserts that the technology should respect privacy, work reliably and without bias, consider "the needs of all human beings" and operate transparently – an area of ongoing research because AI systems' decisions are often inscrutable.
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