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A short summary on what's going on with AI Safety regulation right now based on some insightful questions at the OWASP® Foundation Vancouver event last night: 🇪🇺 EU: The EU is by far the closest to enacting #AI legislation but lately it seems that big Tech are lobbying hard for minimal regulation on their models and harsher regulation on open source models. More info: https://lnkd.in/gtdMBrFM 🇺🇸 USA: The USA is getting their act together but is more fractured right now. Biden has signed an Executive order but the real push is coming from NIST and CISA on defining roadmaps and guidelines. More info: https://lnkd.in/gmt6_bqm 🇨🇦 Canada: Oh Canada... <sigh> we're so behind it's not even funny. The AIDA act is moving along. Mostly focused on non-discrimination, but isn't expected to become law until 2025 or later. Currently everything is still in Standing Committees on Parliament hill. Latest: https://lnkd.in/greB5dR7 #aisecurity #airegulation #cisa #euaiact #aida #executiveorder #opensource #opensourceai #ArtificialIntelligence #AILegislation #GlobalTechPolicy #EUPolicy #USAPolicy #CanadaTech

📢 CAIDP Update 6.05 - AI Policy News (Feb. 5, 2024) - CAIDP AI Policy Leader Awards - Nominations Open. Deadline: Feb. 15, 2023 Submit nominations here: caidp.org/awards/ - EU Member States Unanimously Approve AI Act - White House Reports on AI Executive Order Implementation - AI Lobbying in the US Surges 185% Amid Calls for Regulation - Italian Regulator Notifies OpenAI of GDPR Violations - Privacy Data 2024: Rallying for a Comprehensive AI Treaty to Safeguard Fundamental Rights - Ukraine Release AI Media Guidelines - CAIDP Provides Comments on NIST Risk Management Framework - CAIDP Urges US Congress to Strengthen AI Oversight in the Housing Sector - CAIDP Endorses AI Environmental Impacts Act of 2024 - CAIDP Urges US Senate to Act on Big Tech and Child Exploitation Crisis - CAIDP President Merve Hickok to speak at UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI 2024 #aigovernance Council of the European Union The White House The Italian Data Protection Authority CPDP Conferences Council of Europe #ukraine National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Last Thursday I gave a talk on AI governance at the SMU School of Law, including how countries converge and diverge on data governance issues in AI – thank you A/Prof Han-Wei L. for the invite! 3 thoughts to share: 1) “Interoperability” – many guidelines and frameworks from countries (e.g. Singapore, EU, Canada, US) and international organisations (e.g. OECD) reference this term but what does it mean? I’ve yet to find a definition/state where AI governance frameworks are said to be interoperable, but bearing in mind that the goal is "harmonisation of international AI governance frameworks to reduce industry’s cost to meet multiple requirements" (per SG’s IMDA and the USA’s NIST in the joint mapping exercise between Singapore's AI Verify and USA's AI Risk Management Framework) – perhaps interoperability will be achieved only at a granular level in the form of what steps must be taken and how to measure whether those steps have actually been taken, than at a high-level principles approach (e.g. fairness, explainability, transparency, safety). I’m excited that Singapore has just mapped AI Verify with ISO/IEC 42001:2023 as well! Perhaps 'interoperability' will be through international standards (as they may be more readily adopted by countries than the standards of another country). 2) At the same time, standards and testing metrics must also take into account the unique socio-economic climate of each country. Singapore’s ‘Cataloguing LLM Evaluations Paper’ notes that the present framing of toxicity, bias and demographic considerations in LLM evaluations tends to be Western-centric. The KoBBQ paper (May 2024) also notes that the effectiveness of tests to assess social biases of LLMs depends on the cultural context – e.g. drug-use is associated with low SES in some countries, but with high SES in Korea. 3) An interesting divergence is in copyright over AI-generated output – the US Copyright Review Board in Jason Allen’s case said ‘no’ because having to prompt 624 times before receiving a satisfactory image shows how ‘random’ the output is such that the style and other elements of authorship are determined by the AI system and not the human. In contrast, the Beijing Internet Court in Li v Liu (where the plaintiff had ~20 prompts for what he wanted (‘Japan idol’, ‘reddish-brown plaits hairs’) and ~120 prompts for what he did not want (‘closed eyes’)) found that this reflected his “aesthetic choice and personal judgment” and copyright subsisted. Our IPOS x SMU Landscape Report characterizes these decisions as the debate evolving beyond a fact-centric question of how much human input and control is needed to “a question of the fundamental concept of originality to attribute human ownership”. I agree, but personally think the outcome could also be driven by pragmatism – in the Allen case the plaintiff ‘won a prize’ and merely sought to register his copyright, but in Li the plaintiff ‘was plagiarized’ so a remedy would be necessary. 

With the growing number of concerns and debates on GenAI through the lens of national security and sovereignty, On February 29, I will join the GenAI Summit and panel "GenAI: Policy Making, Public Discourse and Geopolitics" where I will reflect on: ▪️ the Commission's and evaluators cooperation on AI Act, GenAI regulation, its geopolitical implications, national security and sovereignty, online safety and vulnerable groups protection frameworks, cross-region work on cases and scenarios, group-specific effects, risks and measures, safety authorities and coordinators, inc. counterparts in North America, MENA region, etc; ▪️ the effects of Gen AI on public governance and digital citizen scheme, including the Commission's AI@EC Communication plan; ▪️ the potential of LLM to affect public, accessibility and assistive technologies, designated groups (including the upcoming Accessibility Act); ▪️ safety and protection guardrails behind it, algorithmic and non-algorithmic legislation (e.g. equality frameworks). You may join us here - https://lnkd.in/eXJnBzhD with Dr. Haris Lambropoulos Panagiotis Gouvas Alex Eleftheriadis Dr. Maria-Oraiozili Koutsoupia Kostas Argyropoulos Fotis Draganidis Sasha Rubel Yiorgos Nikoletakis Yiannis Stamatonikolos #ai #ethics #policy

📢 CAIDP 6.06 - AI Policy New (Feb. 12, 2024) - U.S. Launches AI Safety Institute and Consortium, FCC Bans AI Voice Scams - European Commission Seeks Input on Electoral Integrity Guidelines - ASEAN Ministers Endorse AI Ethics Guidelines - NZ Privacy Commissioner Scrutinizes Supermarket Facial Recognition Trial - French Authority Investigates Generative AI Sector, Seeks Public Insight - CAIDP - Leading the Charge on AI Ethics: UNESCO's Slovenia Forum - CAIDP's Rotenberg Delivers Keynote on AI Policy at European Legal Conference - UK Government Outlines Next Steps in AI Regulation - AI Policy Events U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) European Commission The ASEAN Secretariat New Zealand UNESCO Gabriela Ramos CNIL - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés Information Commissioner's Office #elections #aisafety #aiethics Merve Hickok Marc Rotenberg

State Department employs AI to declassify diplomatic cables from 1997 #AI #AItechnology #artificialintelligence #costeffectivesolution #declassifydiplomaticcables #FOIA #Government #governmentoperations #llm #machinelearning #machinelearningtool #proactivedisclosure #StateDepartment #technologyadoption #Transparency

📢 CAIDP Update 6.12 - AI Policy News (March 25, 2024) 🏛 CAIDP AI Policy Roundtable with Merve Hickok, Guido Scorza, Karine Caunes, Lorraine Kisselburgh, Linda Bonyo, Anu Bradford, Gabriela Ramos, Amba Kak, Sara Meyer-Davis, Elham Tabassi- April 4 🎓 CAIDP Graduation with Alondra Nelson - April 8 - U.N. Unanimously Adopts Landmark AI Governance Resolution - Council of Europe Shares Draft for International AI Treaty 🇪🇺 EU Addresses AI Ethical, Legal, and Transparency Challenges 🇫🇷 French Competition Authority Fines Google €250M for Breaching Commitments 🇮🇳 India Crafts Cybersecurity and Privacy Guidelines for AI in Business 🇺🇸 U.S. Tackles AI Challenges through Legislation and Diplomacy 🇧🇷 Brazilian Bill Proposes Allowing AI Systems to Hold Patents for Autonomous Inventions - CAIDP Advocates for Strengthened AI Policy and Oversight in Congress #aigovernance #cybersecurity #competion #research #aitreaty United Nations Council of Europe European Union #france #india #unitedstates #Brazil

Thanks for this update Center for AI and Digital Policy, an insightful overview. Each highlight signifies the increasing significance of AI Regulations globally and also in a coherent manner across continents. #AIregulation #AIGovernance #AIPolicy

In light of recent global advancements in AI policy and governance, it's evident we're entering a pivotal era where ethical considerations, human rights, and transparency are becoming the cornerstone of technological development. From the unanimous U.N. resolution fostering safe, secure, and trustworthy AI to groundbreaking legislative efforts across the globe, the commitment to ensuring AI's responsible evolution is clear. The Council of Europe's draft treaty and diverse national policies underscore a unified approach to navigating AI's complex legal and ethical landscapes. As professionals at the intersection of technology and policy, we must champion these principles, fostering innovation that respects and enhances human dignity and democratic values. The time is now to shape a future where AI not only drives progress but does so with a profound respect for the rights and freedoms that define us. #AIgovernance #EthicalAI #DigitalPolicy #HumanRightsInTech