Automated Facial Recognition – is the AI or the human biased?

AI keeps us safe, working in the background in security operations centres. AI gets us through an airport quickly. AI and satellite technology get us to the right location faster AI saves time when it recommends our movies, AI makes…

Real or Deep Fake?

Eliminating deep fakes from circulation must remain high on the ethical agenda. If you’re not familiar with the term, they are altered digital images or audio files which make you believe that a cleverly disguised falsehood is a fair representation…

Do you have the full picture?

Anekanta Consulting's team specialise in providing strategic AI advisory services to high-risk industries From defence and security, smart cities, critical infrastructure to manufacturing Are you ready? to identify a strategic advantage through the ethical use of AI in products or…

AI Transparency. Is it Important?

This article was first published in Fire and Security Matters Magazine July 2020: https://www.fsmatters.com/Artificial-Intelligence-The-Transparency-Challenge Why should we challenge the transparency of AI? UPDATED 10th March 2023. In the two and a half years since we published this opinion piece, ChatGPT…

Joint Statement from founding members of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence

Anekanta Consulting welcomes the announcement today from the UK Government. "As the founding members, we will support the responsible and human-centric development and use of AI in a manner consistent with human rights, fundamental freedoms, and our shared democratic values,…

Ethical Surveillance?

This article was first published in Fire and Security Matters Magazine April 2020: https://www.fsmatters.com/Surveillance-and-controlling-COVID-19 Will state run surveillance measures ever be accepted in the Western world? It has been reported in the media that Eastern World nations have been effective…

Anekanta® AI Governance Framework

Anekanta®'s AI governance framework was originally developed in 2020 and independently assessed by the University of Oxford, prior to the recent explosion in the awareness of AI as a beneficial business tool. The purpose of this set of principles is to ensure ethical AI practices throughout the organisation. It is clear that AI needs to be on the Board agenda and considered seriously as part of the CSR requirements. AI should not be confined within the realms of IT, although the CIO may take responsibility for implementation and management.