Alice Xiang

Alice Xiang, Sony’s global head of AI governance and lead AI ethics researcher, discusses making responsible AI work at scale. She explains why Sony built the Phoebe fairness benchmark, how ethically sourced datasets and consent matter, and the real harms of unmeasured bias. The conversation covers granular bias diagnosis, mitigation strategies beyond more data, and scaling ethical data practices across modalities.

Alice Xiang, a Lead Research Scientist at Sony AI and Global Head of AI Ethics at Sony Group Corporation, shares her expertise on the critical issues of privacy and fairness in computer vision. She discusses the impact of data privacy laws and the dangers of unauthorized data use, emphasizing the importance of ethical practices in AI. Alice highlights the history of unethical data collection and the challenges posed by generative technologies. Solutions such as community engagement and interdisciplinary collaboration are also explored, alongside the need for robust AI regulation.