Draghi calls for pause to AI Act to gauge risks
Draghi calls for pause to AI Act to gauge risks This article is written by Cynthia Kroet and Vincenzo Genovese for EuroNews. The EU rules on AI should be paused while potential “drawbacks” are assessed, former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Tuesday during a conference considering the European Commission’s progress in implementing the […]
Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister
Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister This article is written by Alice Taylor for Politico. Albania has become the first country in the world to have an AI minister — not a minister for AI, but a virtual minister made of pixels and code and powered by artificial intelligence. Her name is Diella, meaning sunshine […]
A playbook for crafting AI strategy
A playbook for crafting AI strategy By MIT Technology Review Insights Giddy predictions about AI, from its contributions to economic growth to the onset of mass automation, are now as frequent as the release of powerful new generative AI models. The consultancy PwC, for example, predicts that AI could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) […]
Commission launches consultation to develop guidelines and Code of Practice on transparent AI systems
Commission launches consultation to develop guidelines and Code of Practice on transparent AI systems The European Commission will help deployers and providers of generative AI systems to detect and label AI generated or manipulated content. This will help to ensure that users are informed when they are interacting with an AI system. To that end, […]
📣 Cradle-to-Grave environmental impacts of GenAI training on the Nvidia A100 GPU
📣 Cradle-to-Grave environmental impacts of GenAI training on the Nvidia A100 GPU Authors: Sophia Falk, David Ekchajzer, Thibault Pirson, Etienne Lees-Perasso, Augustin Wattiez, Lisa Biber-Freudenberger, Sasha Luccioni, Aimee van Wynsberghe Abstract: The rapid expansion of AI has intensified concerns about its environmental sustainability. Yet, current assessments predominantly focus on operational carbon emissions using secondary data or estimated values, overlooking environmental impacts in […]
AI safety governance, the Southeast Asian way
AI safety governance, the Southeast Asian way Conversations around AI safety are largely dominated by the United States, Europe, and China, leaving Southeast Asian voices underrepresented in broader global AI governance discourse. Still, countries in this region have made important strides in digital and AI policy, recognizing the opportunities presented by AI while adopting nuanced […]
New Mechanisms Promoting International Cooperation on Governance of Artificial Intelligence
New Mechanisms Promoting International Cooperation on Governance of Artificial Intelligence The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the General Assembly’s decision to establish two new mechanisms within the United Nations to promote international cooperation on the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). The establishment of the […]
📣 Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights: The AI Act of the European Union and its implications for global technology regulation
📣 Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights: The AI Act of the European Union and its implications for global technology regulation Authors: Benjamin Raue; Antje von Ungern-Sternberg; Lea Katharina Kumkar; Thomas Rüfner; Joanna Bryson; Patricia García Majado; Tobias Mahler; Irina Orssich; Lea Ossmann-Magiera; Lisa Markschies; Tristan Radtke; David Restrepo Amariles; Margaret Hu; I-Ping Wang Abstract: As AI technologies rapidly reshape societies, they pose both tremendous opportunities and serious risks—especially to […]
Bank Fires Workers in Favor of AI Chatbot, Rehires Them After Chatbot Is Terrible at the Job
Bank Fires Workers in Favor of AI Chatbot, Rehires Them After Chatbot Is Terrible at the Job This article is written by Lucas Ropek for Gizmodo. Companies all over the world are currently racing to shrink their workforces and replace them with AI. Often, it seems, this isn’t working out for the firms involved. Case […]
📣 The Oxford Handbook of the Foundations and Regulation of Generative AI
📣 The Oxford Handbook of the Foundations and Regulation of Generative AI Editors: Philipp Hacker, Andreas Engel, Sarah Hammer, Brent Mittelstadt Abstract: This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue […]