With artificial intelligence (AI) being increasingly used in high-stakes applications, such as in the military, for recruitment, and for insurance, there are growing concerns about the risks that this can bring. This is because algorithms can introduce novel sources of harm, where issues such as bias can be amplified and perpetuated by the use of AI. As such, recent years have seen a number of controversies around the misuse of AI, which have affected a range of sectors. In this blog post, we explore some of the harms we have seen from the use of AI, where things went wrong, and how they could have been prevented or mitigated by adopting an ethical approach to AI and risk management practices.

Exploring AI harms