IFIP has welcomed the adoption by UNESCO’s General Conference last week of the UNESCO Recommendations on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence as an important step forward for the world.
Announcing the adoption, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said the Recommendation was unprecedented in its substance, scope and degree of precision. Its adoption by the 193 states of […]
IFIP Names Anthony Wong New President-Elect
IFIP, the global apolitical organisation for Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences, has announced its new leadership team, electing Australia’s Anthony Wong as its new President and South African Moira de Roche as its Vice President.
Mr Wong will serve as IFIP President-elect for the next 12 months before taking over […]
IFIP#60 Future of Information Processing Event Series Continues
To celebrate IFIP’s 60th anniversary, we are putting together a series of 10 virtual panel events featuring members and associates of IFIP and showcasing the interesting and impressive work they do. Events in the series will consist of four or five panellists and a moderator presenting for an […]
AI Governance will be the primary focus of IFIP’s newest Working Group (WG), which has been established within IFIP Technical Committee (TC) 12.
WG12.12 (AIGOV) will be chaired by IFIP Vice President, ex-CIO and technology lawyer, Anthony Wong, who has written and presented extensively on the issue of ethical and regulatory approaches to AI in his […]
Automated systems need greater accountability.
The Australian Government’s automated welfare debt recovery process, commonly known as ‘Robodebt’, was an unmitigated failure that exemplified the need to understand the ethics behind artificial intelligence decision making, according to a new report.
In his forward to The Ethics and Risks of AI Decision-Making report published by ACS, chair of the society’s AI Ethics Committee, Peter […]
More than 33 #ifip60 events are taking place across the globe over the next few months as Member Societies and IFIP Committees join IFIP to celebrate its founding under the auspices of UNESCO 60 years ago.
In April, IP3 (IFIP’s International Professional Practice Partnership) hosted a panel discussion on “Building Cyber Resilience with a Professional Workforce” […]
