DATDAT-003 — Data Bias and Fairness Oversights
AI System Discrimination Against Protected Groups at the United Nations
4/5Sector: OtherGeography: GlobalStage: OperateIngested: —
Executive Summary
Poorly designed AI systems at the UN risk embedding discriminatory bias against protected groups into institutional decision-making. Boards must ensure ethical design standards and bias audits are mandated before any AI deployment.
Domain
Data Management
Blindspots in data quality, privacy, bias, lineage, lifecycle, and third-party data dependencies.
Source
MIT AI Risk Repository — A framework for ethical Ai at the United Nations (Hogenhout2021) ↗https://airisk.mit.edu/
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