Sunday, July 6, 2025

AI systems are trustworthy requires tools and frameworks that enhance transparency, accountability, fairness, and traceability




Ensuring AI systems are trustworthy requires tools and frameworks that enhance transparency, accountability, fairness, and traceability. One such tool is the AI System Card, but there are several others used by responsible AI teams across industry and academia.


Here’s a breakdown of the most widely used tools and frameworks for trustworthy AI:


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Transparency & Traceability Tools


Tool

Description

AI System Cards

Similar to “nutrition labels” for AI, these provide standardized documentation about an AI system’s purpose, data sources, limitations, risks, and performance. Used by Google, Meta, and Hugging Face.

Model Cards (by Google)

Documents AI model details: intended use, data, evaluation metrics, ethical considerations. Helps users and auditors understand model behavior.

Data Sheets for Datasets (by Gebru et al.)

Transparency framework for datasets including origin, composition, motivation, collection process, and potential biases.

FactSheets (by IBM)

A broader framework to document and track the AI lifecycle, covering system performance, safety, fairness, and explainability.

Hugging Face Model Cards

Open-source platform offering model cards and dataset cards integrated with its models.

Open Ethics Label

AI transparency tool focusing on data governance, human-AI interaction, and ethical risk scores.





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Fairness, Bias, and Explainability Tools


Tool

Purpose

AI Fairness 360 (IBM)

Open-source toolkit to detect and mitigate bias in datasets and models.

Fairlearn (Microsoft)

Python toolkit for fairness assessment and mitigation. Integrates easily with scikit-learn.

SHAP / LIME

Tools for explainability, helping stakeholders understand how input features affect model outputs.

What-If Tool (Google)

Visual tool for inspecting model performance, fairness, and sensitivity without writing code.

Explainable AI (XAI) by Google Cloud & Azure ML

Built-in platform services for transparency and interpretability of models in production.





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Security, Privacy & Robustness Tools


Tool

Function

Differential Privacy Libraries (Google, OpenDP)

Ensures that outputs from models or queries don’t compromise individual data.

Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART)

By IBM, helps in testing and improving ML models’ resistance to adversarial attacks.

Privacy Risk Assessment Tools

Evaluate exposure of PII and compliance with data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).





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Governance, Audit & Risk Management Tools


Tool

Purpose

AI Risk Management Framework (NIST)

US framework for building trustworthy and accountable AI systems, covering governance, mapping, measurement, and management.

Responsible AI Dashboard (Microsoft Azure)

Combines fairness, explainability, error analysis, and counterfactual tools in a single platform.

Ethical AI Checklist

Internal tools used by companies to evaluate AI projects pre-launch (e.g., Google’s Responsible AI Practices).





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Lifecycle Monitoring & Governance Platforms


Tool

Capabilities

Fiddler AI

Monitors model performance, drift, fairness, and explainability in real-time.

WhyLabs

Detects data and model issues at scale (bias, drift, anomalies).

Arize AI

MLOps platform that offers model monitoring, fairness detection, and root cause analysis.

Truera

Helps explain, test, and monitor ML models across the model lifecycle.



Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Start Building your centre of Influence on Referron


You have downloaded Referron and created an awesome business card https://rfrn.link/ivank

Now to create your list of connections and start referring :) 


What would be awesome is for you to send your business card to 10 “insiders” that you know like and trust 

Steps 

Add your connections by sending them your digital business card 


1. Connections/send and refer /send vCard 
2. followed by sending a WhatsApp from Referron 
Go to connections /card/ WhatsApp  (use template “short and friendly” ) 


- and then refer them to me using Referron 


(Should take 30 seconds )

3.Connections/send and refer /refer /add provider /add seeker - write note and press send 
(Should take 1 minute)


Let me know how it goes ;) 

Ps… Here is access to a copy of the draft of my book “The Referral Goldmine” Would love your feedback Best Ivan https://bbg2020.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-referral-goldmine-by-ivan-kaye.html 

Monday, June 23, 2025

Looking for 20 legends who will become “a centre of influence”


I am looking for 20 networkers go get it to meet once a week - with a view to me sharing ways that I know to help you increase your centre of influence . Let me know if you want to be one of the 20 




Danny Van Dine





Karen Tisdell


Reach out to prospect 23 touch points before getting them to be a client - this shows Ivan’s marketing genius !!





Natalie Eisen

- so many takeouts 
- know who you are and know who your customer is 
- take customers on the journey 
- how do we learn the apps discussed from the forum 




Odile Faludi

- it’s about great conversation - it’s about being consistent - 5-5-3 5 conversations / 5 follow-ups/3 social posts per day 
- it’s about consistency - you can’t leave the conversation - you’ve got to keep developing the relationship 



Michael Bartura

- building relationships 
- listen more , speak less and see how you can add value 
- find people you want to work with and engage 
- don’t be afraid to pay $100 for an app - that may give you exponential value 





Tony Jacobson 

- unpacking the takeouts from the brains trust
- all apps - can be overwhelming - find the nuggets applicable to you
- action needs to be measured and planned 
- thank you to Ivan - his why is authentic - to assist and connect others - and gets joy from watching others succeed 
- too many nuggets and looking forward to take glory some nuggets 
- spruiking vs adding value 






Kirsty Fox 

- give people what they want and you will get what you want 
- be where your customers are 
- be sure you have the strategy before choosing the app to use 




What others thought :) 

Paul Pius

Tania Samuels

Wayne Larkin

Wane Brightman 

John Tickell

Shaun Thompson - massive value

Peter Groeneveld - hampered full of good stuff that I can go back to at my leisure 

Peter Damnjanovic - food for thought - got to balance health and business 

Megan Ford - continue to connect - time each day - 5-5-3 

Linda Dunkin - know your customer 

Larry Dorfan - exposure to the names of the apps 

Kylie Strudwick - apps are great - when to use them 




Thursday, June 19, 2025

Step-by-Step Guide to Using Referron


🔹 Step 1: Download & Sign Up

  • Download the Referron app from the App Store or Google Play
  • Sign up using your name, email, and mobile number.


🔹 Step 2: Create a Powerful Profile and become more referrable 


  • Create your digital business card
  •         Upload a photo.
  •         Add a tagline (e.g. “Mortgage Broker | Helping families build wealth”).
  •         Include your bio or superpower in the about me section 
  •         add name, title, company, phone, 
  •        don’t forget to upload your socials .(Will take a few minutes)  
  • Become a premium member and include a great video and your calendly on your business 

🔹 Step 3: send your card and Add Your Connections


Populate your connections by Sending  your vCard and making referrals to those that you know like and trust .    


  • Tap “Connections”.
Add people by
  • sending your vCard Sharing your digital card link
  •         from you connections or by Adding manually (name, phone, email)


🔹 Step 4: Share Your Digital Business Card

 add people you meet  to connections 

  • send them your vCard 
  • Send them a message (I use short and friendly 

🔹 Step 5: Make a Referral


Be a connector! 


Here’s how:

1. Tap the “Refer” button.

2. Press “Add Provider” (this is the person delivering the service)

Choose them from your connections or search.

3. Press “Add Seeker” (this is the person needing the service)

Choose them from your connections.

4. Add a note explaining the referral (why you’re connecting them).

5. Press “Send” (top right corner).


🔔 All parties will get a WhatsApp/SMS notification, and the referral will be logged in your activity tab.


🔹 Step 6: Track Your Activity 

         Go to the Activity Tab to view:

Referrals made and received

Connections added

Engagement history


(Be sure you sign up to premium to get access to filters and ability to slice and dice and export your activities and see your analytics )



🔹 Step 7: Be a Connector

Make warm introductions.

Position yourself as a center of influence in your network.

Track how much value you’ve created by connecting others.


🔹 Step 8: Use Referron at Events

  • Share your QR code from Referron
  • Send your vCard and add contacts to your Rolodex
  • Add people from group created by event organiser
  • Connect instantly
  • making referrals via Referron - be a connector
  • Boost post-event engagement by sending them messages to connect with you via templated messages from Referron  


🔹 Step 9. Premium features


Premium members can track activities and analytics (and a whole lot more ($100 per year or $10 per month )

  • Adding YouTube and Calendly to profile
  • Referral analytics and Tracking of activity  (what you can measure you can manage ) 
  • Brand customization ( whitelabel your business card with your logo and colours )
  • being invited to groups (feature to come )
  • Access to courses - valued at $995

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Grow your connections on Referron in 30 seconds


Be sure to send your vCard to at least one person a day in seconds 

Go to 
  • Connections
  • send&refer
  • Send vCard 
  • Import from contacts (allow if 1st time )
  • Choose person - send 
  • That persons card will be populated on your connections 
The above 5 steps literally takes 10 seconds )
  • Go to that card - and send them a templated message (I use short and friendly) 
10 seconds 
  • And then think of someone you can refer that person to and make that referral 
Once you’ve  determined who 
10 seconds 
  • Track your activity 
Automatic