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Planning and Design
- Requirement 01 Risk management plan for AI system and execution of the plan
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Requirement 02 Organization of an AI governance system
- 02-1 Have you established guidelines and policies on AI governance?
- 02-2 Have you formed an AI governance group and reviewed the composition of the group?
- 02-3 Is the AI governance being supervised to ensure proper implementation?
- 02-4 Has the AI governance group reviewed the differences between the new and previous systems?
- Requirement 03 Development of a plan to test trustworthiness in the AI system
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Data Collection and Processing
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Requirement 04 Provision of detailed information for data utilization
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04-1 Is there detailed information to support the accurate comprehension and utilization of data?
- 04-1a Have you explained the data attributes before and after cleansing?
- 04-1b Have you sorted data into training data and metadata and is there a specification document for each of them?
- 04-1c Have you explained the reason for selecting the protected attributes and whether they were reflected?
- 04-1d Were data labelers trained and have you provided them with work instructions?
- 04-2 Is data provenance documented and managed?
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04-1 Is there detailed information to support the accurate comprehension and utilization of data?
- Requirement 05 Inspection of abnormal data to ensure data robustness
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Requirement 06 Removal of bias in the collected and processed training data
- 06-1 Have you prepared measures to mitigate bias due to human and physical elements in data collection?
- 06-2 Have you analyzed features used in training and prepared selection criteria?
- 06-3 Have you checked and prevented potential biases in data labeling?
- 06-4 Have you conducted sampling to prevent bias in data?
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Requirement 04 Provision of detailed information for data utilization
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AI Model Development
- Requirement 07 Ensuring security and compatibility of the open-source library
- Requirement 08 Removal of bias in the AI model
- Requirement 09 Establishment of defensive measures for AI model attacks
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Requirement 10 Explanation of AI model specifications and the inference results
- 10-1 Do you provide evidence for users to accept the generation process of the model’s inference results?
- 10-2 Have you transparently provided the specification of the model on the AI model specification document?
- 10-3 When needed, do you provide an explanation about the inference results of the AI model?
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System Development
- Requirement 11 Removal of potential bias in the implementation of the AI system
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Requirement 12 Safe mode of AI system and establishment of a process for notification of problems
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12-1 Have you implemented a safe mode that can respond to problems such as attacks, low performance, and social issues?
- 12-1a Have you prepared an exception handling policy for such problems?
- 12-1b Have you implemented a security technique to reinforce the security of the AI system?
- 12-1c Have you considered a decision-making method that includes humans to mitigate the uncertainty of the AI system?
- 12-1d Are guidance and action on handling expected user error provided?
- 12-2 Does the system perform the function of alerting the operator if a problem occurs in the AI system?
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12-1 Have you implemented a safe mode that can respond to problems such as attacks, low performance, and social issues?
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Requirement 13 Improvement of users’ comprehension of the explanation of the AI system
- 13-1 Have you analyzed user characteristics and constraints in the AI system?
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13-2 Have you provided a thorough explanation based on user characteristics?
- 13-2a Have you established criteria for the evaluation of explanation according to user characteristics?
- 13-2b Have you used terms that are appropriate to user characteristics?
- 13-2c Have you used accurate expressions to lead users to specific behaviors and comprehension?
- 13-2d Are the location and timing where an explanation is needed appropriate?
- 13-2e Have you utilized various user survey techniques to evaluate user experience?
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Operation and Monitoring
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Requirement 14 Ensuring traceability and modification history of the AI system
- 14-1 Have you established measures to track the AI system’s decision-making?
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14-2 Have you obtained the modification history of training data and managed the impact of data modifications?
- 14-2a Have you prepared measures to track the data flow and lineage?
- 14-2b Have you developed measures to monitor modifications in the data source?
- 14-2c Have you managed the versions during data change?
- 14-2d Do you provide information to stakeholders when data change?
- 14-2e When new data have been collected, do you reevaluate the performance of the AI model?
- Requirement 15 Explanation about the scope of services provided and the subject of interactions
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Requirement 14 Ensuring traceability and modification history of the AI system
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03-1Have you designed a test environment in consideration of the AI system’s features?
Determine applicability: Consider this question if the possibility of accidents and impact due to malfunction is high based on the analysis of risks in AI systems, and determine if the requirement has been satisfied.
• Healthcare AI systems have high applicability such as being used for improving diagnosis and clinical management, developing drugs, tracking and responding to diseases, and advancing healthcare systems. However, they entail a problem with ensuring trustworthiness in the AI’s decision-making, as they are directly connected to the issue of individual lives. Thus, a test and validation plan needs to be developed to ensure the safety and transparency of healthcare AI systems.
• According to UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, AI systems identified as potential risks to human rights should be broadly tested by stakeholders, including in real-world conditions if needed, as part of UNESCO’s Ethical Impact Assessment, before releasing them in the market.
• Although real-world testing is appropriate to ensure accuracy, it may not be suitable if an AI system has complex operating conditions since the test must be performed within a reasonable timeframe and budget. In addition, real-world testing for AI that physically interacts with patients raises concerns about dangerous situations. In this case, virtual testing can be considered.
• Design a test environment after determining an environment suitable for the healthcare AI system’s properties. Below are examples of considerations when designing a test environment:✓ Is the operating environment of the AI system complex and involves various stakeholders?
✓ Does the AI system have potential risks to human rights?
✓ Can the test be performed within a reasonable timeframe and budget?
✓ What elements require concrete tests for validation before the clinical trial?