It's Time For Ethical Rules Around AI, Say Top Tech Players

Top players in global tech companies have kicked off work to draw up global ethical standards related to data and artificial intelligence, with Microsoft’s president voicing a “sense of urgency”.

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Some two dozen high-ranking representatives of the global and Swiss economies, as well as scientists and academics, met in Geneva for the first Swiss Global Digital Summit aimed at seeking agreement on ethical guidelines to steer technological development. The participants, including the heads of Credit Suisse, UBS and Adecco, and high-level representatives from Facebook, Google, Huawei, and IBM, are due to meet again at the World Economic Forum in Davos next January.

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