HIROSHIMA, Japan, July 10,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the AI Ethics
for Peace: World Religions commit to the Rome Call event,
IBM (NYSE: IBM) reaffirmed its leadership and commitment to
the Rome Call for AI Ethics. Hosted by the Vatican's
RenAIssance Foundation, in collaboration with the Pontifical
Academy of Life, Religions for Peace Japan, United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi Forum for
Peace and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel's Commission for Interfaith Relations,
this latest gathering for the Rome Call welcomes the co-signage of
eastern religious leaders and seeks to shape the technical progress
to support the progress of humanity, and inspire peaceful
collaboration and global unity for ethical AI development, the core
principle of the document.
This interreligious event follows a series of Rome Call
milestones that IBM has played a significant role in – from being
one of the first signatories of the Call back in
February 2020, to leading the Rome
Call for AI Ethics Global University Summit, hosted by
Notre Dame University and including 40
educational institutions in 2022, to the 2023 signing of
the Call by three Abrahamic religions – Christianity, Judaism and
Islam.
"AI is a technology with implications across every country,
industry and value system – and its benefits should impact the
whole of humanity. It is with great pride that IBM once again
renews its commitment to the Rome Call for AI Ethics, accompanied
now by new, like-minded eastern religious leaders," said Darío Gil,
IBM Senior Vice President and Director of Research. "Delivering on
our commitments is of paramount importance, and through efforts
such as the Rome Call and the AI Alliance, we're uniting
developers, researchers, industry leaders and advocates to
transparently advance responsible AI rooted in open
innovation."
As a longtime industry proponent in ethical AI development, IBM
has worked with organizations around the world to ensure that
powerful technologies – like AI – are created responsibly and
ethically from the start. In 2018, IBM introduced its Principles
for Trust and Transparency and was among one of the first companies
to create an AI Ethics Board as an instrument for internal
governance around AI ethics, which includes processes, tools,
guidelines, education and risk assessment for overseeing the
company's AI development and usage practices, as well as
partnership with many AI stakeholders to advance AI ethics in a
concrete, collaborative and inclusive environment.
IBM's AI approach to ethics is infused throughout the company,
including in its products and platforms such
as watsonx and across IBM's AI and data governance assets
and risk management solutions, reflecting the maturity of the
company's journey and the clear vision for IBM and its clients.
This approach is also used to develop Granite, IBM's family of
large language models. These solutions and models reflect the
maturity of IBM's journey and vision for its clients.
Additionally, in December 2023,
IBM co-founded the AI Alliance, which now consists of more
than 100 enterprises, startups, educational institutions,
government agencies and research labs around the world. The
Alliance is focused on accelerating open-source innovation to
improve trust in AI, and responsibly maximize its benefits to
people and society in an inclusive way.
The Alliance aims to build a differentiated approach to
developing new, cultural and societal AI tuning techniques and to
create a more accessible, democratized approach to AI development,
with the skills and education to move the industry forward and will
look to establish more than just guidelines on use, but rather
concrete paths to build AI systems that advance and improve our
daily lives. The goal is to transform AI users into AI co-creators,
so that each person can maintain full agency and control of AI
usage. This is in line with the principles of the Rome Call for AI
Ethics, that focus on inclusion, rights and responsibility.
To learn more about IBM's efforts in AI ethics,
visit here.
About IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid
cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more
than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data,
streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the
competitive edge in their industries. More than 4,000 government
and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as
financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's
hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital
transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's
breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing,
industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and
flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's
long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility,
inclusivity and service. Visit www.ibm.com for more
information.
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