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Tag: Artificial Intelligence

  • AI: Senator Tasks Media on Ethical Guidelines

    By Moyinoluwa Afolabi

    News organisations need to develop clear ethical guidelines for the use of Artificial  Intelligence (AI), emphasising transparency, accountability, and respect for intellectual property. 

    The guest speaker at the World Press Freedom Day lecture organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ Zone B, Senator representing Oyo North Senatorial District, Abdulfatai Buhari stated this at the Press Centre, Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State. 

    Senator Buhari explained that such guidelines should be regularly reviewed and updated to keep pace with technological advancements.

    In his keynote address, the Vice Chancellor, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Professor Rasaq Kalilu said, Journalists should inculcate AI into their work, but should ensure not to navigate it alone.

    Professor Kalilu noted that newsrooms should use AI as a tool and not as a replacement for human intelligence.

    He advised the government and stakeholders to ensure that press freedom was protected and never undermined, even in a repressive environment.

    Earlier, the Vice President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Zone B, Mrs Ronke Samo, urged Journalists to always apply the tenets of the profession while discharging their duties, particularly by ensuring accuracy, truth, and objectivity before disseminating any information to the public.

    She commended the guest speaker for his support of the profession and journalists in the zone.  

    The highlight of the event was the conferment of the International Guillermo Cano Media Award on the guest speaker, Senator Abdulfatai Buhari. 

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  • NGOs Underscore Value of Artificial Intelligence to Human Rights

    Stakeholders at the 20th annual conference of the Nigeria Network of Non-Governmental Organizations and International Centre for Nonprofit Law have underscored the importance of Artificial intelligence, AI, in addressing human rights issues and its challenges.

    They made the submission at a virtual meeting with the theme Artificial intelligence and the Nigerian nonprofit sector: challenges and opportunities.

     One of the speakers, Emma Amarai said the civil societies had crucial roles to play in protecting artificial intelligence, human rights and emerging technologies as well as protection gender equality and utilizing AI to empower people.

    She said it was important to defend civic space online, uphold internet freedom and counter misinformation online.

    Amarai maintained that it was important for countries to respect international obligations to human rights issues within the framework of their policies, rules and regulation as authoritarian regimes always sought to clamp down on freedom of information.

    Another speaker, Onica Makwakwa harped on how essential internet affordability is as well as meaningful connectivity .

    Makwakwa hinted that in Nigeria and other African countries, people have been able to access internet on daily basis with 4G adding that Covid-19 experience had shown that internet was no longer a luxury but a lifeline with everyone participating in digital economy.

    In her contribution Chenai Chair said to address problems of data gap government needed to provide more funding to enhance connectivity.

    Also speaking, Francessa Fanucci noted that why it was essential for civil societies to be actively involved in the participatory process, government should promote artificial intelligence education.

    Adedayo Adelowo/Simeon Ugbodovon