Advocat

Advocat provides a range of technology solutions to protect the rights and privacy of individuals from potential harms caused by automated systems and artificial intelligence (AI). The company's offerings aim to ensure that AI systems are safe, effective, and free from discrimination or bias. Advocat's tools help organizations identify and mitigate risks associated with automated decision-making processes, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical standards.

One of Advocat's key products is a risk assessment platform that allows organizations to evaluate the potential impacts of their AI systems on civil rights, equal opportunities, and access to critical resources or services. This platform enables pre-deployment testing, risk identification, and ongoing monitoring to ensure that AI systems are safe and effective based on their intended use and domain-specific standards.

Another offering from Advocat is an algorithmic auditing solution that helps detect and prevent algorithmic discrimination. This solution involves conducting proactive equity assessments, using representative data, and performing disparity testing to identify and mitigate any potential biases or discriminatory impacts.

Advocat also provides data privacy solutions to protect individuals from abusive data practices and ensure agency over how their personal data is used. These solutions include privacy-by-design features, consent management tools, and enhanced protections for sensitive data domains such as health, education, and finance.

In addition, Advocat offers solutions for transparent AI, ensuring that individuals understand how automated systems contribute to outcomes that impact them. These solutions provide clear explanations of system functioning, notice of system use, and meaningful explanations of outcomes.