Armilla AI, a quality assurance platform, has announced a partnership with Mila, an academic research centre, to improve quality assurance across the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) systems.
Through the partnership, Armilla AI hopes to work alongside Mila to develop applied research methods for AI testing and validation to improve model performance, while also addressing key issues related to fairness, bias, explainability and robustness.
In 2021, the global AI market was said to be worth US$93.5bn (£81.3bn) and is projected to grow at an annual rate of 38.1% between 2022 to 2030.
According to the two companies, while investment into AI research and innovation has accelerated, quality assurance for AI systems has failed to keep pace, despite being commonplace in conventional software development.
As a result, the pair claims, a gap persists around tools and testing frameworks that can provide deeper insights into model quality, performance and risk, which risks both the failure of developing AI projects and real-world harm to human users.
Armilla AI and Mila therefore seek to equip researchers and practitioners with the knowledge and tools for building high-quality, trustworthy AI systems at scale.
Mila’s AI for Humanity team and Armilla will jointly explore research collaborations around bias detection and mitigation. Armilla will partner with Mila’s applied research teams to support the production comprehensive testing and validation solutions for the next generation of machine learning systems and to improve the platform’s AI assessment and audit capabilities.
“Mila is one of the top AI institutes in the world, and a leading voice for responsible AI research and practice,” said Dan Adamson, CEO of Armilla AI.
“It’s an honour to work alongside Mila’s experts to develop the cutting-edge solutions needed to make progress in the field and help businesses capitalise on their investments towards responsible AI adoption.”
Armilla views the partnership as a way to deepen its network within AI research and innovation and to leverage researchers within Mila’s community.
