Responsible AI

Microsoft's Commitment to Responsible AI: Policies, Practices, and Tools

• Microsoft is committed to advancing AI driven by ethical principles that prioritize people.
• The Microsoft Responsible AI Standard is an internal playbook that guides how AI systems are designed, built, and tested.
• The Responsible AI Impact Assessment Template is a multi-year effort to define a process for assessing the impact of AI systems on people, organizations, and society.
• Tools, guidelines, and additional resources are available to help create responsible AI solutions.
• Microsoft collaborates with researchers and academics globally to advance responsible AI practices and technologies.
• Responsible AI governance is crucial to guiding AI innovation at Microsoft and is advised by committees across the company.
• Microsoft takes a people-centered approach to the research, development, and deployment of AI, embracing diverse perspectives, continuous learning, and agile responsiveness.
• Microsoft helps organizations cultivate a responsible AI-ready culture with practices, tools, and technologies built on multidisciplinary research, shared learning, and leading innovation.
• Microsoft is committed to ensuring AI technology has a lasting positive impact for everyone by shaping public policy and contributing to industry working groups.
• State Farm and Telefónica are examples of companies that have established governance systems and principles for responsible AI.
• TD Bank Group is actively thinking about explainability, controlling for bias, and promoting diversity while developing AI-powered solutions to meet customer needs.
• Microsoft researchers, product teams, and leadership collaborated on a set of open-source tools designed to operationalize responsible AI in practice.