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President Trump’s executive order imposing 10% tariffs on Chinese imports will "drive up the #cost of generic drugs in the United States and exacerbate drug shortages" on an already stressed supply chain. 🔜 🦽 #Access to maintenance medications and #prescriptiondrug is about to shrink for #lowincome #patients and those in #rural areas. ❗ "About 1/2 of generic drugs in the U.S. — including cancer drugs, antibiotics, and blood thinners — are made entirely overseas, where manufacturing is cheaper," - Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School #ruralhospitals #ruralequity #healthequity #price #hikes #shortages https://lnkd.in/eTeazaNh

The White House policy of laissez-faire, or lack, of AI regulations, means damaged power grids and fluctuating electricity for 3.7 million Americans in the most-impacted areas, causing billions in property damages. #Inequitably hurting people in #rural areas and low-income #families that will not be able to repair damages to appliances and electrical lines throughout their homes. #AI #policy #is #about #more #than #software. #Its #about #social #equity #and #leaving #no #one #behind. See Research by Bloomberg/Leonardo Nicoletti, Naureen Malik, Andre Tartar 👉🏿 👉🏻 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/gNN73Ygb

As we thank our Veterans for our freedom today, something a Vietnam Veteran said to me when I was a teenager rang in my ears, He said, "Freedom ain't free." With a Trump presidency, "the #global #AI industry braces for an upheaval that could redefine #innovation, #ethics, and #international #alliances...US tech giants could experience unprecedented freedom, but at what price to #global #ethical #standards?”-Cezary G. The long-term impacts of an unregulated historical technological advancement like AI have far-reaching consequences for ethical, responsible, and equitable AI. The proxy discrimination in the algorithms will cut out 38 million mixed-race Americans if gone unchecked. We have a duty to move #responsibleai #devops #forward in this country. Regardless of who the president is.

African stakeholders have been working to implement #ResponsibleAI in economic policymaking. Africa's White Paper and Continental Strategy outline the Strategic Roadmap to Africa’s AI Transformation in six pillars: 1. Human capital development for AI, emphasizing education and skills development. 2. Infrastructure and data foundations, highlighting the importance of robust physical and digital networks. 3. Creating enabling environments for AI development and deployment. 4. Fostering an AI-driven economic transformation. 5. Building sustainable partnerships across sectors and institutions. 6. Implementing rigorous monitoring & evaluation mechanisms. See the AUDA-NEPAD AI Dialogue here 👉🏿 👉🏻 👉🏽 : https://lnkd.in/gzsRUjbq

Virginia joins seven other states including Alabama, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Washington, "in launching an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Task Force to support policymakers and government agencies in implementing the technology," Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced. "The task force members represent state educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and private corporations, each of whom will advise policymakers and state agencies to support the safe, responsible, and cost-effective adoption of AI." See who's on the Virginia's Task Force here 👉🏾👉🏼👉🏿 : https://lnkd.in/gRPih7GZ

Pieces Technologies' generative AI tool provides "summaries of patients' conditions and treatments for hospital staff." An investigation by Mr. Paxton's office revealed that Pieces made misleading claims about the accuracy of its healthcare AI products, potentially endangering the public interest." "According to the news release, Pieces created various metrics to promote its AI tools as "highly accurate," advertising an error rate or "severe hallucination rate" of "<1 per 100,000" in its marketing efforts. Mr. Paxton's investigation concluded that these metrics were likely inaccurate and may have misled hospitals regarding the true accuracy and safety of the company's products." (See the article 👉🏿 👉🏻 👉🏽 : https://lnkd.in/eDAtyAZt)

Michigan Tech startup founders of Syncurrent, Dhruv Patel and Matthew Jaquez, are using #AI "in the hopes of better-serving Tribal Nations by connecting them to a tailored set of #federal #technology #grants they’re eligible for, with a focus on respecting each Tribe's unique data protection needs." “We hired a CTO to build an AI to scrape every data source off the Internet on federal funding and aggregate it,” said Patel. “We released it to all the Tribal partners we were working with, and immediately Tribes are going back to us, and they're like, ‘This is already solving 90% of our problems right off the bat.’” #TechforGood #AiforAll #ResponsibleAI #InclusiveDesign #EndUser

"For years, #local #governments have been exploring how AI can help fill staff shortages, especially in [#911] call centers...the county was looking to transition from what he described as “the best technology the 1960s had to offer” to a cloud-based system that leverages #AI technology to support next-generation 911 (NG911). At Jeffcom 911,...the dispatch communications center receives an average of 2,000 calls per day. About 20- 25% of those are emergencies, while the others are non-emergency calls that still require a public safety response." -Michael Brewer Deputy Director, Jeffcom 911

#AI #policy is evolving state-to-state; regulatory frameworks, #AI #governance, #legislative #mandates, and dedicated offices have been created to implement and guide AI deployment. "In #Connecticut, the executive branches’ AI inventory is public record, and includes details like which AI tools each agency uses, what it decides, what vendors are involved, and if it’s been assessed. In #Massachusetts, $25 million has been earmarked for IT capital AI projects within the executive branch. In #Pennsylvania, legislators passed an act to study how AI might be used to improve how the #911 and #988 systems can assist people experiencing a #mentalhealth crisis." To follow who's doing what state to state, check out the Interactive Tracker on AI State Policy changes 👉🏼 👉🏿 👉🏾 : https://lnkd.in/gy4Ds4w2

"Facilitating the development of a federated, privacy-preserving national #AI outcomes registry. “That is a very important part of how we are starting to think about #operationalizing the principles of value assessment or #bias #mitigation or #drift,” Dr. Rhew said. 2024 HIMSS Conference unveiled "TRAIN" - Trustworthy & Responsible AI Network (TRAIN), a "consortium of healthcare leaders whose aim is to operationalize responsible AI principles and guidelines, such as those that improve the quality, safety and trustworthiness of AI in healthcare settings." Reference: Becker's Healthcare White Paper, "Responsible innovation: How to elevate clinicians + improve health equity with the ethical application of AI", GovCIO HIMSS 24 Federal Takeaways #responsibleai #aiforall #CIO #HIMSS24 #techequity #responibledesign