Hong Kong Issues Guidance On The Use Of AI

Summary

Hong Kong now has its own set of recommended best practices for the development and use of AI published in a guidance note issued by the PCPD. Businesses which intend to or have begun to use AI in their operations are advised to consider the risk levels of their respective AI systems and implement the suggested measures for better protection of individual consumers.

An artificial intelligence ("AI") system is a machine-based system which makes predictions, recommendations for decisions influencing real or virtual environments, based on a given set of human-defined objectives. The potential social and economic benefits of AI are significant. Healthy use of AI can drive innovation and improve efficiency in a wide range of fields.