{"id":8173,"date":"2024-05-31T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T18:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/?p=8173"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:32:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T16:32:51","slug":"benjamin-faveri-co-authors-new-publication-on-ai-auditing-standards-and-governance-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/2024\/benjamin-faveri-co-authors-new-publication-on-ai-auditing-standards-and-governance-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Faveri Co-Authors New Publication on AI Auditing Standards and Governance Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Benjamin Faveri Co-Authors New Publication on AI Auditing Standards and Governance Challenges\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University is proud to highlight the recent publication of <em data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"384\">\u201cAI Audit Objects, Credentialing, and the Race-to-the-Bottom: Three AI Auditing Challenges and A Path Forward\u201d<\/em>, co-authored by current graduate student Benjamin Faveri and published in <em data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"478\">Tech Policy Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-written with Graeme Auld, and Stefan Renckens, the article addresses three major obstacles facing the future of artificial intelligence (AI) auditing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><p class=\"\" data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"794\"><strong data-start=\"655\" data-end=\"684\">Defining the Audit Object<\/strong> \u2013 What exactly should be audited within AI systems: algorithms, data practices, or organizational structures?<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p class=\"\" data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"934\"><strong data-start=\"798\" data-end=\"834\">Credentialing Qualified Auditors<\/strong> \u2013 How can the field ensure that auditors are both technically proficient and ethically accountable?<\/p><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><p class=\"\" data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"1094\"><strong data-start=\"938\" data-end=\"971\">Avoiding a Race-to-the-Bottom<\/strong> \u2013 Without consistent standards, there is a growing risk that audits will sacrifice rigor for speed and cost-effectiveness.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The authors call for a coordinated approach involving policymakers, industry stakeholders, and civil society to develop robust, transparent, and ethical auditing frameworks for AI systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We extend our congratulations to Benjamin Faveri for this timely and impactful contribution to the field of technology governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Read full article here<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techpolicy.press\/ai-audit-objects-credentialing-and-the-racetothebottom-three-ai-auditing-challenges-and-a-path-forward\/\">AI Audit Objects, Credentialing, and the Race-to-the-Bottom: Three AI Auditing Challenges and A Path Forward<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University is proud to highlight the recent publication of \u201cAI Audit Objects, Credentialing, and the Race-to-the-Bottom: Three AI Auditing Challenges and A Path Forward\u201d, co-authored by current graduate student Benjamin Faveri and published in Tech Policy Press. 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