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Is being ignored by the global AI giants such a bad thing? I argued at the UN last week that there are benefits to the fact that AI platforms have so far failed to train their bots and LLMs on African languages and data. The 'lag' offers us a small window of opportunity to secure our IP, to avoid the kinds of copyright battles we're seeing in the US + EU. If we're savvy, we can negotiate a more equitable data economy in the Majority World. I also called on the UN Information Committee to help secure access to 'compute' resources/systems for African researchers, so we can leap-frog the need to build multi-billion dollar hardware platforms & instead invest our funds into people/skills. Here's the video of our UN Information Committee session, with responses from UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming, and UN representatives from Canada, Costa Rica & Latvia: https://bit.ly/4agOPdl

In Belgium on 25 May 2024, the results of a randomly selected citizens' panel with reference to the European Union were presented. The topic: Artificial intelligence and the role the EU could play in this area. #CitizensAssembly

Emotion reading AI in schools and the workplace? Spoke of this and related issues during my interview with Polish TV’s TVP WORLD on the future of AI regulation in the EU.

❓ How will the EU's #AI regulation impact financial markets? In this #HDIW video, Giulia Schneider Assistant Professor in Economic Law at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, as she dives into the key implications of the European Artificial Intelligence Act for the financial sector. Designed to promote innovation while safeguarding #citizens' and #consumers fundamental #rights, the AI regulation spans across various sectors of the internal markets. Discover: ✅ How the regulation balances innovation and consumer protection ✅ The risk-based approach and its impact on financial AI systems ✅ New requirements for transparency, documentation, and AI literacy ✅ Gaps in the regulation, including economic risks and the path forward for financial supervisors Watch 📽️ https://lnkd.in/dfiAUSbd European Commission DG REFORM, European Banking Authority (EBA), European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence School of Banking & Finance

At EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy, we’ve gained valuable insights from Giulia Schneider on the AI Act’s impact on financial markets, and we’re excited to share key takeaways. One important lesson is that the AI Act’s effects go beyond high-risk use cases like credit scoring and insurance risk assessment in life and health. It also highlights broader requirements, such as promoting AI literacy among deployers and providers, and addressing General Purpose AI Models.

📺 WATCH: Our incoming Chair Sharon White discusses the impacts of AI, government regulation and economic policy on UK business at Bloomberg Tech London 2024. We’re looking forward to welcoming Sharon’s leadership to Frontier, and continuing to advise our public and private sector clients about digital markets, regulatory frameworks, and supporting policy at the intersection of economics and technology. https://okt.to/o2OlaL

Thought-provoking panel 'Artificial secrecy in the digital state', chaired by Marco Almada with presentations from Deirdre Curtin Madalina Busuioc Lisa Van Dongen Kristina Irion and myself. The conclusion is univocal: public administrations are characterised by a significant level of secrecy, which the #AIAct will not change. While transparency should be the rule and secrecy the exception, institutional considerations are pushing the status quo toward less visibility and less democratic oversight. In light of the many scandals of AI in public administration, this status quo is increasingly less sustainable!

🚨 Our latest policy brief, "China's Tech Surveillance Applications in Europe & Latin America: Analysing the Impact on Democratic Governance," is now available. 📊 In collaboration with Carlos Saura, this report explores the integration of Chinese AI and machine learning technologies into social surveillance across Europe and Latin America. The report examines four case studies—two from Europe and two from Latin America—highlighting these surveillance technologies' widespread use and impact on democratic governance. We discuss these technologies' challenges and provide recommendations for policymakers, civil society organizations, government officials, and researchers to address their implications. Published by the School of Transnational Governance, this policy brief would interest those interested in technology, surveillance, and democracy. 🔗 Available here: https://lnkd.in/dHdfW3FQ

Save the date! Digital Trust Convention 15 November 2024, OECD Headquarters, Paris The Digital Trust Convention will explore the foundations for a resilient digital space where trust and integrity as the foundation of democratic discourse and effective markets remain possible in the era of generative AI. The Digital Trust Convention will look at how to create a reliable digital environment at a time when commercial, criminal, and geostrategic actors can easily create AI-automated bots and fakes. Conference participants will discuss how to: ✅  Establish trust in people and information and identify approaches, instruments and measures that are effective and sustainable ✅  Reliably recognise real human beings in the digital space ✅  Ensure that every citizen/consumer has a fair chance to be heard and have an impact SIGN UP TO RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION 📝 https://lnkd.in/eucfWfij The Digital Trust Convention is co-hosted by the Atlantic Council, the Bertelsmann Stiftung the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, the #OECD, the Partnership on AI (PAI), and the IAPP International Association of Privacy Professionals, which have been active in the field for several years. Dr Sebastian Hallensleben serves as the Programme Chair for the Digital Trust Convention. Benjamin Prud'homme Anna Jahn Mark Boris Andrijanič Jenna Ben-Yehuda Martin Hullin Rebecca Finlay Karine Perset Jamie Berryhill Nikolas S. #trustworthyai #digitaltrust #artificialintelligence #aipolicy #deepfakes

We give you 5️⃣ keys to understand the European Regulation on Artificial Intelligence 🔍 This regulation adopts an approach based on the potential risk of these systems for the citizenship Find out more 👇 https://lnkd.in/dRFds2u9 #InnovationWorks