Technology Magazine December 2023 | Page 20

THE TECHNOLOGY INTERVIEW
When it comes to ethics we have three pillars : we look at the principles , the practice , and the policies . Think of the principles as how you govern AI and make sure it ’ s fair , explainable and transparent . And every organisation needs to think about that because let ’ s face it , your reputation is on the line if you ’ re using this technology in practice .
The second is about practices . That ’ s about making sure as you go all the way through the development life cycle , from design through development and deployment of AI . It ’ s crucial that you ’ re thinking about ethics all the way through that cycle and making sure , again , that the process is fair , explainable and transparent .
And then the third is about policies . That ’ s a bit more widespread than regulation in a sense that you want to make sure that the policies in place support AI development that isn ’ t advantageous or disadvantageous to any section of society .
That gives us the best shot at making this a success not just for a few , but for many people and really taking advantage of the hundreds of billions of pounds that AI can add to the UK economy .
Q . TELL US ABOUT WATSONX AND WHAT IT OFFERS TO YOUR ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS

» Watsonx has three basic components : watsonx . ai , watsonx . data and watsonx . governance , and it works across any cloud . 77 % of organisations have a hybrid cloud strategy . So it ’ s super important that you ’ re not saying , ‘ Hey , this only works if you extract all of that data from all of those clouds and put it in one place ’. We don ’ t need that to happen . Watsonx is built on Red Hat OpenShift and it allows

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