IBM has been an industry leader in releasing numerous public policy positions with concrete, actionable recommendations regarding the development, regulation and ethical use of AI. For example, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna’s letter to the US Congress in June 2020 said that IBM “firmly opposes and will not condone uses of any technology, including facial recognition technology offered by other vendors, for mass surveillance, racial profiling, or violations of basic human rights and freedoms.” In September, IBM called for facial recognition to be included in America’s list of export-controlled technologies, recognizing its potential use “to suppress dissent, to infringe on the rights of minorities, or to erase basic expectations of privacy.” Learn more about IBM’s AI-related positions at THINKPolicy.