Privacy, agency and trust in human-AI ecosystems: interim report

Abstract

PATH-AI (Privacy, Agency and Trust in Human-AI Ecosystems) is a collaborative and multidisciplinary research project involving The Alan Turing Institute, the University of Edinburgh, and the RIKEN research institute in Japan. The project is funded by UK Research and Innovation and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The aim of PATH-AI is to examine how the three interrelated values of privacy, agency, and trust are entangled in very different cultural contexts in relation to AI and other data-driven technologies, and how a focus on these values can inform the ongoing shaping of the international landscape for AI ethics, governance, and regulation. This short-form version of the interim report presents an overview of the PATH-AI project, a brief discussion of the three key concepts of privacy, agency, and trust, as well as interim results from interviews and surveys conducted in the UK and Japan with 95 stakeholders comprising members of the general public as well as experts working on the implementation and/or ethics and governance of AI and other data-intensive technologies in healthcare. The full report is due to be published in early 2022.