BT has undertaken an internal revamp to optimize the effectiveness of its vast data resources using AI, the aim being to develop innovative, new commercial.
We have to move in that direction,” she said. “Because we started using AI in so many different domains of life that have a significant impact on people s lives.”
However, Axente added that, although she has heard arguments for creating an agency that would regulate the use of AI in a similar way to how the US Food and Drug Administration aims to protect public health, she believes that it might be worth focusing on existing institutions.
“Let s see what we can be doing on this part of the pond, and how can we leverage some of the institutions we already have, rather than creating new ones – but they will have to go in that direction, especially for high-risk application [of AI],” she said.
Podcast: Detlef Nauck on how BT uses AI, data science 1/27/2021
The Light Reading podcast welcomes Detlef Nauck, Head of AI & Data Science Research for BT s Applied Research Division. Nauck gives us an overview of his work and the processes involved in using AI and machine learning in traditional telecom networks.
Nauck said BT is working to help drive standards for machine learning model management and governance if companies can better explain and interpret what machine learning technology is doing, they can use it more effectively and prevent an automated network from adding capacity in the wrong places and inadvertently costing the telcos more money.