Posted by Alumni from MIT
March 11, 2026
On today's episode of Me, Myself, and AI, host Sam Ransbotham talks with Alice Xiang, global head of AI governance at Sony and lead research scientist for AI ethics at Sony AI, about what it actually takes to put responsible artificial intelligence into practice at scale. Alice shares how Sony moved early on AI ethics and why governance, not just principles, is now the real challenge as AI spreads across products and workflows. The conversation dives into FHIBE, Sony's publicly available and ethically sourced benchmark for evaluating bias in computer vision, and why measuring fairness is often harder than fixing it. Along the way, they tackle data consent, 'data nihilism,' and the very real risks of deploying biased systems in everyday and high-stakes contexts. As the global head of AI governance at Sony, Alice Xiang leads the team guiding the establishment of AI governance policies and governance frameworks across the company's business units. She's also the lead research scientist... learn more