Advancing Trustworthy AI for Sustainable Development: Recommendations for Standardising AI Incident Reporting
It addresses the problem of AI incidents causing harm to individuals, organizations, and society, with incremental recommendations for standardizing reporting to support trustworthy AI and sustainable development goals.
This study tackled the lack of standardized protocols for AI incident reporting by analyzing existing databases, identifying nine gaps, and proposing nine actionable recommendations to enhance standardization and prevent future incidents.
The increasing use of AI technologies has led to increasing AI incidents, posing risks and causing harm to individuals, organizations, and society. This study recognizes and addresses the lack of standardized protocols for reliably and comprehensively gathering such incident data crucial for preventing future incidents and developing mitigating strategies. Specifically, this study analyses existing open-access AI-incident databases through a systematic methodology and identifies nine gaps in current AI incident reporting practices. Further, it proposes nine actionable recommendations to enhance standardization efforts to address these gaps. Ensuring the trustworthiness of enabling technologies such as AI is necessary for sustainable digital transformation. Our research promotes the development of standards to prevent future AI incidents and promote trustworthy AI, thus facilitating achieving the UN sustainable development goals. Through international cooperation, stakeholders can unlock the transformative potential of AI, enabling a sustainable and inclusive future for all.