AI’s data drive at the heart of calls for its regulation

One of the most powerful men in tech, Sundar Pichai, has backed regulations for artificial intelligence (AI). While Pichai isn’t the first big tech executive to say so publicly, his voice matters, given that Google is arguably the world’s largest AI company. Mint takes a look.

Why is there a need to regulate the use of AI?

AI depends on the gathering of data, automatically making it an issue that needs regulation. Any organization will require large amounts of data to train an AI software, so how its acquires the data must be regulated. When AI is put to use practically, it becomes an even more direct threat to privacy. For example, facial recognition can be used for mass surveillance.