AI Ethics Board
An organizational body responsible for reviewing and guiding the ethical development and deployment of AI systems, now established at major tech companies, universities, and government agencies.
Only 32% of organizations using AI have formal governance frameworks, including ethics boards. Google dissolved its initial AI ethics board in 2019 after just one week due to controversy over its composition. OpenAI's board gained attention when it briefly fired CEO Sam Altman in November 2023 over safety concerns. Effective AI ethics boards include diverse stakeholders — ethicists, civil rights advocates, domain experts, and affected communities. The EU AI Act requires high-risk AI providers to establish quality management systems that include ethical review processes.
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
A hypothetical form of AI that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge across any intellectual task at or above human level, rather than being specialized for specific tasks.
AI Alignment
The research field focused on ensuring AI systems behave in accordance with human values and intentions, particularly as systems become more capable.
AI Safety
The interdisciplinary field focused on preventing AI systems from causing harm, encompassing alignment, robustness, interpretability, and governance of AI technologies.
Deepfake
AI-generated synthetic media — images, video, or audio — that realistically depict events or statements that never occurred, created using deep learning techniques.
EU AI Act
The European Union's comprehensive AI regulation, which entered into force on August 1, 2024, classifying AI systems by risk level and imposing requirements from transparency disclosures to outright bans.
Hallucination
When an AI model generates plausible-sounding but factually incorrect or fabricated information, presenting it with the same confidence as accurate responses.
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