News: Committees Confirm Landmark Agreement on AI Act
News: Committees Confirm Landmark Agreement on AI Act MEPs have endorsed at committee level the provisional agreement on the Artificial Intelligence Act that ensures safety and complies with fundamental rights. On Tuesday, 13th February, the Internal Market and Civil Liberties Committees voted 71-8 (7 abstentions) to approve the result of negotiations with the member states on the […]
Biden Economic Adviser Elizabeth Kelly Picked to Lead AI Safety Testing Body
Biden Economic Adviser Elizabeth Kelly Picked to Lead AI Safety Testing Body This article was written by Will Henshall for Time. Elizabeth Kelly, formerly an economic policy adviser to President Joe Biden, has been named as director of the newly formed U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (USAISI), U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo announced Wednesday. “For […]
UK’s House of Lords Report on LLMs
UK’s House of Lords Report on LLMs Martin Ebers, President of the Robotics and AI Law Society, writes about UK’s House of Lords report on Large Language Models (LLMs) in one of his LinkedIn post. He writes: The Government’s approach to Artificial Intelligence and large language models (LLMs) has become too focused on a narrow […]
On EU AI Office
On EU AI Office Assimakis Komninos, a partner at White and Case LLP, writes about the establishment of EU AI Office on his LinkedIn post. He writes: One particular development that has gone relatively unnoticed is the publication last week by the European Commission of its Decision establishing the European Artificial Intelligence Office (AI Office). So what […]
Leaked EU AI Act is ‘a wake-up call for organisations’
Leaked EU AI Act is ‘a wake-up call for organisations’ This article was written by Thomas Macaulay for The Next Web. A leak of the EU’s AI Act removes doubts about its adoption, but critics fear that the plans will inhibit innovation. All 892 pages of the final version were published on Monday by Euractiv tech editor […]
Japan’s Approach to AI Regulation and Its Impact on the 2023 G7 Presidency
Japan’s Approach to AI Regulation and Its Impact on the 2023 G7 Presidency This report was authored by Hiroki Habuka and published on Center for Strategic and International Studies. Artificial intelligence (AI) is making significant changes to our businesses and daily lives. While AI brings dramatic solutions to societal problems, its unpredictable nature, unexplainability, and […]
Computers make mistakes and AI will make things worse — the law must recognize that
Computers make mistakes and AI will make things worse — the law must recognize that This is an editorial that was published in Nature. A tragic scandal at the UK Post Office highlights the need for legal change, especially as organizations embrace artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making. More than 20 years ago, the Japanese technology […]
Singapore’s Model AI Framework for Generative AI
Singapore’s Model AI Framework for Generative AI This post is taken from the LinkedIn post of James Lau. Singapore has proposed a new governance framework for generative artificial intelligence, … developed by the AI Verify Foundation and Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), is part of Singapore’s contribution to the global conversation in this space, said […]
Responsible AI now has an ISO standard
Responsible AI now has an ISO standard This article is written by Jonathan Kemper for The Decoder. A new ISO standard aims to provide an overarching framework for the responsible development of AI. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have approved a new international standard, ISO/IEC 42001. This standard […]
EU prepares to push back on private sector carve-out from international AI treaty
EU prepares to push back on private sector carve-out from international AI treaty This article was written by Luca Bertuzzi and published on Euractiv. The European Commission is preparing to push back on a US-led attempt to exempt the private sector from the world’s first international treaty on Artificial Intelligence while pushing for as much […]