Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (17 March 2025)
Governance and Legislation Amid Federal Push for AI Innovation, Who Will Look Out for Consumers? (Kevin Frazier – Lawfare – 14 March 2025) Every wave of technological innovation presents regulators with a difficult question: How can we accelerate further advances and widespread adoption while also safeguarding core consumer interests, such as privacy and autonomy? Artificial […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (10 March 2025)
Governance and Legislation We Need to Avert an AI Safety Winter (Siméon Campos, Chloe Touzet – RUSI – 7 March 2025) The third AI Summit in Paris (February 10-11th) is markedly differed from its Seoul and Bletchley Park predecessors. A successful fundraiser, the summit was an occasion for President Macron to present his strategy […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (3 March 2025)
Governance and Legislation Anne Neuberger on AI: ‘We have to challenge ourselves to be first’ (Dina Temple-Raston – The Record – 28 February 2025) The Record caught up with Anne Neuberger, the former White House deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies, on the sidelines of this year’s Munich Security Conference. Neuberger […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (24 February 2025)
Governance and Legislation Putting Explainable AI to the Test: A Critical Look at AI Evaluation Approaches (Mina Narayanan, Christian Schoeberl, Tim G. J. Rudner – Center for Security and Emerging Technology – February 2025) Explainability and interpretability are often cited as key characteristics of trustworthy AI systems, but it is unclear how they are evaluated […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (17 February 2025)
HIGHLIGHTS 10 TO 14 JANUARY 2025 AI Action Summit (Paris 2025) Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet – https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2025/02/11/statement-on-inclusive-and-sustainable-artificial-intelligence-for-people-and-the-planet Opening Address by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi at the AI Action Summit, Paris – https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/39020/Opening_Address_by_Prime_Minister_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_AI_Action_Summit_Paris_February_11_2025 UN Secretary-General’s remarks at AI Action Summit – https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2025-02-11/secretary-generals-remarks-ai-action-summit-scroll-down-for-english Speech by President […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (10 February 2025)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 3 TO 7 FEBRUARY 2025 Governance and Legislation Lawmakers push for DeepSeek ban from federal devices over China concerns (Jonathan Greig – The Record – 6 February 2025) Two lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek from any federal devices. Reps. Josh […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (3 February 2025)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 27 TO 31 JANUARY 2025 Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Non-binding guiding principles on preventing, detecting and disrupting the use of new and emerging financial technologies for terrorist purposes released in official UN languages (UN CTED – 29 January 2025) On 6 January 2025, the United Nations […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (27 January 2025)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 20 TO 24 JANUARY 2025 Governance and Legislation Trump signs AI executive order (Alexandra Kelley, Frank Konkel, Natalie Alms – NextGov – 23 January 2025) President Trump Thursday signed an executive order calling for the development of an AI action plan within 180 days that would […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (20 January 2025)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 13 TO 17 JANUARY 2025 Governance and Legislation A Big Tech race to the bottom is bad news for everyone (David Wells – Lowy The Interpreter – 16 January 2025) There are multiple explanations for last week’s changes in how Meta will moderate content across its platforms, including […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (13 January 2024)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 6 TO 10 JANUARY 2025 Governance and Legislation Rogue AI Moves Three Steps Closer (Peter N. Salib – Lawfare – 9 January 2025) Will humans lose control over advanced AI systems? Three developments from the final weeks of 2024 should make us worry. In short: Two empirical […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (2 December 2024)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 25 TO 28 NOVEMBER 2024 STRATEGIES, GOVERNANCE, AND LEGISLATION ‘Team Human’ vs. AI: MIT expert issues warning on artificial general intelligence risks (Camille Tuutti – NextGov – 27 November 2024) Artificial intelligence could cure diseases, prevent accidents and transform industries — but at what cost? As tech […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (25 November 2024)
HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 19 TO 22 NOVEMBER 2024 GOVERNANCE AND LEGISLATION Senators call for watchdog to investigate TSA’s use of facial recognition (Edward Graham – NextGov – 21 November 2024) A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is asking the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog to investigate the Transportation Security Administration’s […]