The State of AI Ethics Report (October 2020) captures the most relevant developments in AI Ethics since July of 2020. (see our June report here) Our goal is to save you time by quickly getting you up to speed on what happened in the past quarter. We do this by distilling the research and reporting surrounding various domains related to AI Ethics, including:

1. AI & Society
2. Bias & Algorithmic Injustice
3. Disinformation
4. Humans & AI
5. Labor Impacts
6. Privacy
7. Risk
8. Future of AI Ethics
9. Outside the Boxes

This time, the report goes beyond summaries and commentary — it includes exclusive content written by world-class AI Ethics experts from a diversity of organizations including universities, research institutes, consulting firms, and government, including:

• Danit Gal (Tech Advisor, United Nations)
• Amba Kak (Director of Global Policy & Programs, NYU’s AI Now Institute)
• Rumman Chowdhury (Global Lead for Responsible AI, Accenture)
• Brent Barron (Director of Strategic Projects & Knowledge Management, CIFAR)
• Adam Murray (U.S. Diplomat working on tech policy, Chair of the OECD Network on AI)
• Thomas Kochan (Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management)
• Katya Klinova (AI & Economy Program Lead, Partnership on AI)