How Microcredentials Help Engineers Build Trustworthy AI

Engineering teams are moving at breakneck speed to integrate artificial intelligence, but they are running into a formidable new barrier: compliance issues. Translating high-level AI ethics, governance, and auditing into daily operational workflows has become one of the industry’s toughest challenges.“AI ethics” refers to the principles developers use to govern and operate workflows. “Governance” refers to the rules and procedures an organization establishes for AI workflows and how they interact with organizational data. Auditing is the process of assessing and validating systems to ensure safety, fairness, transparency, and legal compliance.Technology leads and systems engineers are responsible for adhering to a structured set of guidelines for standards and processes usually issued by a governing body such as the European Union, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the International Organization for Standardization.The regulations aim to mitigate i