Parliamentary Observatory on AI

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (1 November 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY Leading the digital and Fourth Industrial Revolutions in Africa (Landry Signé – Brookings – 31 October 2024) Despite the narrative that Africa’s challenges will inevitably lead it to fall behind in the 4IR, current and emerging leaders and innovators are paving the path for Africa to become a global powerhouse. – […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (31 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY ITU Global Innovation Forum identifies ways to enhance digital innovation ​​​​​​​​​​(International Telecommunication Union – 30 October 2024) The Global Innovation Forum held by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) between 28 and 30 October has identified key ways to help close the “digital innovation gap.”. The suggested approaches, focusing on critical factors […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (30 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY Staying Ahead in the Global Technology Race (Center for Strategic & International Studies – 29 October 2024) The United States is in the midst of a generational shift in economic policy and its role in national security planning. Even in these polarized times, there is surprising consensus across the American political […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (29 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY   Considering a Legally Binding Instrument on Autonomous Weapons   (Charlie Trumbull – Lawfare – 28 October 2024) Autonomous weapons systems have taken center stage in the field of disarmament. Discussions on these weapons began over a decade ago with the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) in Geneva, Switzerland, in the […]

Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (28 October 2024)

LEGISLATION The U.S. National Security Memorandum on AI: Leading Experts Weigh In (Just Security – 25 October 2024) On Oct. 24, the White House publicly released its long-awaited National Security Memorandum (NSM) on AI, mandated by the Biden administration’s October 2023 Executive Order on AI. The “Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial […]

Daily Digest on AI & Emerging Technologies (25 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY   The National Security Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence — CSET Experts React   (Center for Security and Emerging Technology) On October 24, the White House issued the first-ever National Security Memorandum on Artificial Intelligence. CSET’s experts answer pressing questions and what it means for U.S. national security and AI development. – […]

Daily Digest on AI & Emerging Technologies (24 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY   The Military Use of AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Taiwan (Cheng-Hung Hsu – RUSI – 22 October 2024) Increasing cross-strait tensions between mainland China and Taiwan suggest the need for the latter to take a fresh look at the advantages offered by new defence approaches. With a defence budget vastly […]

Daily Digest on AI & Emerging Technologies (23 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY NATO’s strategy for digital transformation (NATO – 22 October 2024) The rapid evolution of digital technologies has profoundly transformed our societies, our economies, and is having a significant impact on modern warfare. NATO’s Digital Transformation Implementation Strategy will help address the need for technological and cultural transformation, leveraging data and artificial […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging (22 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY Cyber meets warfare in real time (Andrew Borene – NextGov – 21 October 2024) Last month, a wave of simultaneous explosions, reportedly triggered by modified pager devices, tore through Hezbollah-controlled regions in Lebanon and Syria.While these events have been attributed to a covert operation likely linked to Israel, their ramifications extend […]

Weekly Digest on AI & Emerging Technologies (October 21, 2024)

Frontiers   (Maxwell Zeff – TechCrunch – 16 October 2024) Are today’s AI models truly remembering, thinking, planning, and reasoning, just like a human brain would? Some AI labs would have you believe they are, but according to Meta’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun, the answer is no. He thinks we could get there in […]

Digest on AI & Emerging Technologies (18 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY    Iran’s APT34 Abuses MS Exchange to Spy on Gulf Gov’ts (Nate Nelson – Dark Reading – 17 October 2024) An Iranian threat actor has been ramping up its espionage against Gulf-state government entities, particularly those within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). APT34 (aka Earth Simnavaz, OilRig, MuddyWater, Crambus, Europium, Hazel […]

Digest on AI & Emerging Technologies (17 October 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY    Meta’s AI chief says world models are key to ‘human-level AI’ — but it might be 10 years out (Maxwell Zeff – TechCrunch – 16 October 2024) Are today’s AI models truly remembering, thinking, planning, and reasoning, just like a human brain would? Some AI labs would have you believe […]