10. Our approach to human rights and responsible product development
Partners in this initiative include universities and research institutions,
international organizations, civil rights groups, and NGOs drawn from or
working with underrepresented communities from every region in the world.
Artificial intelligence
We believe that artificial intelligence (AI), developed and deployed responsibly, can
be a powerful tool for advancing human rights. AI plays an important role in helping
us address many of the potential adverse human rights impacts discussed in this
report. For example, AI powers have scaled detection and review of problematic
content across a growing number of languages, advanced identification of
potentially unwanted contact and interactions, improved accessibility through
automated caption generation, and enhanced a range of our Data for Good efforts.
At the same time, the development and use of AI poses novel human rights
risks. Among other potential risks, AI models may exhibit problematic biases
or discriminatory impacts and generate problematic content or engage
in over-enforcement that adversely impacts freedom of expression.
We are committed to addressing these issues in an open and collaborative way.
For example, demographic data is essential in assessing whether a service, app,
or process treats all groups fairly. Gathering this data, however, is sensitive
and raises important concerns about how to protect people’s privacy.
We put responsibility and human rights at the center of our approach. AI
is embedded in our Corporate Human Rights Policy. We also recognize the
importance of the OECD Principles on Artificial Intelligence, which explicitly
refer to human rights and are widely adopted and endorsed by the G20.
We hope to foster more collaborative and transparent dialogue across
disciplines and audiences about the path ahead for these critical issues.
We created a dedicated, cross-disciplinary Responsible AI (RAI) team that
seeks to ensure that AI at Meta benefits people and society. The team includes
ethicists, social and political scientists, policy and rights experts, researchers,
and engineers. The RAI team works closely with the Human Rights team to help
ensure that our machine-learning systems are designed and used responsibly.
We also pioneered an approach to AI system cards to provide standardized
transparency into how AI systems — not just individual models —
function, beginning with a pilot focused on Instagram Feed ranking.
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