AI Fairness

Artificial intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications are increasingly being used in all domains. Unintended biases in their predictions or outcomes are of significant concern. One crucial requirement of Responsible AI is that AI/ML Systems should be unbiased and fair. In line with the Government of India's objective to build public trust in AI/ML Systems (#AIforAll), TEC has initiated a Fairness Assessment of AI/ML Systems on a voluntary basis.
TEC's C&B Division invited public consultations via a letter dated February 22, 2022, conducted an interactive webinar on March 22, 2022, and hosted a public consultation meeting on September 1, 2022, to frame procedures for assessing fairness for different types of AI/ML Systems and for issuing fairness ratings/certifications as benchmarks.
Following the public consultations, TEC established a Working Group comprising members from the industry, academia, researchers, subject experts from government departments, and others. This group was tasked with preparing the initial draft of the proposed Standard for assessing the fairness of AI Systems.
Based on extensive stakeholder consultations and inputs from domain experts, TEC unveiled a New Standard (No. TEC 57050:2023) for "Fairness Assessment and Rating of Artificial Intelligence Systems" on July 7, 2023. This Standard outlines detailed procedures for assessing and rating artificial intelligence systems for fairness.

Developing tools for fairness evaluation - Libraries, software development kits (SDKs),
Assuming the role of fairness auditors - labs of academic institutes, R&D organisations designated by TEC
Partnering to extend the standard to other data modalities like text, image, speech, etc. and other kinds of ML
Collaborating with TEC for joint research, co-supervision of Ph.D. students