Anekanta®AI have developed a number of independent, vendor agnostic ethical AI governance frameworks expertly designed to assess the safety of high-risk AI development and deployment and its impact on stakeholders. Here is the background to our work in this area.
Category: AI Biometrics
AI biometrics are technologies capable of identifying individuals or inferring identity resulting from ‘specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, such as facial images or dactyloscopic (fingerprint) data’ (EU AI Act/GDPR). This technology can offer significant potential benefits such as facial recognition for security, access control, and identity verification across various industries. However, the deployment of such systems necessitates rigorous risk assessment and management practices. Issues such as data privacy, bias, and accuracy must be carefully considered. False positives or negatives can have severe consequences and can be discriminatory.
Anekanta®AI’s risk frameworks and services for AI biometrics consider all global/regional regulations including the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), and the new standard BS 9347:2024 (UK). Contact us to find out how we can help you assess and mitigate your biometric AI risk and maximise effectiveness.
Anekanta® recognised for ethical and responsible AI development and implementation
We are proud to announce the release of a ground breaking new British Standard "Facial recognition technology - Ethical use and deployment in video surveillance-based systems – Code of practice (BS 9347:2024)" Anekanta® Privacy Impact Risk Assessment System™, de-risks FRT use cases anywhere in the world and recommends the new standard for UK mitigation purposes.
What does the new legal definition of AI systems mean in practice for commercial use cases?
Organisations may not be certain whether their systems are AI due to the range of contrasting views from vendors and buyers. It is important that they recognise and categorise these systems as soon as possible. Developers, providers and user/deployers of AI systems which meet the EU AI Act definition criteria, and whose decisions are utilised within the EU, have to comply with the law.
EU AI Act: Cleared to move to the next stage. Your action list to get started.
Organisations are urged to review their development road maps and current use cases to determine whether their AI systems sit in the prohibited and high risk categories
‘Rite Aid’ FTC Ruling : AI Facial Recognition and Biometric Software
Here we provide an overview of the Rite Aid FTC judgment from a Responsible AI perspective, and in doing so opine why the judge ruled this way. The algorithmic bias risks, which may previously have been considered hyopthetical, crystallized...Read more
EU AI Act Q & A for developers or users of high-risk AI
The European Commission have updated their Q & A following the provisional agreement of the text in December 2023. We have extracted the key points which relate to high-risk and biometric AI
The EU AI Act has been agreed – headlines you need to know about now
The trilogue negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the EU Artificial Intelligence Act on 9th December 2023. The EU AI Act will become Law in all EU Member states early 2024. To find out how to comply with the Act get in touch.
Be responsible and de-risk your AI facial recognition software deployments
Anekanta® AI have developed a number of independent, vendor agnostic AI governance frameworks expertly designed to assess the safety of high-risk AI and the impact on stakeholders. Our Facial Recogniton Privacy Impact Risk Assessment System™ contains a small sub-set of our wider capability. Find out more.
Anekanta®AI featured in UK Government AI Assurance Portfolio
The Anekanta® AI, AI Risk Intelligence System™ for biometric and high-risk AI supports organisations to build consistency into their governance processes. The system leads to the creation of a new comparable data set about the AI, which can be analysed to reach conclusions about the impact and risks associated with using certain types of software.
Sector focus: AI in security, opportunity or threat? Evolving impacts and risks.
Earlier this year, Anekanta®Consulting founder was a guest speaker at Security Buyer Live 2023 explaining the principles of AI, and the considerations which lead to prohibitions and additional measures when using AI in the EU.