Category: government
‘UK AI Week in Bangkok’ showcases innovation and collaboration
The inaugural ‘UK AI Week in Bangkok’ was hosted by the British embassy to foster discussions on AI governance and applications.
Held between 15-18 August, the four-day event served as a dynamic platform to spotlight the country’s AI prowess and …
UK Deputy PM: AI is the most ‘extensive’ industrial revolution yet
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has shared his view that AI will be the most “extensive” industrial revolution yet.
Dowden highlighted AI’s dual role, emphasising its capacity to augment productivity and streamline mundane tasks. However, he also put the …
UK Deputy PM: AI is the most ‘extensive’ industrial revolution yet
Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden has shared his view that AI will be the most “extensive” industrial revolution yet.
Dowden highlighted AI’s dual role, emphasising its capacity to augment productivity and streamline mundane tasks. However, he also put the …
US Government Launches Cyber Contest to Harness AI for National Security
SEC turns its gaze from crypto to AI
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler has announced a shift in focus from cryptocurrency to AI.
Gensler, who has been vocal about the risks and challenges posed by the cryptocurrency industry, now believes that AI is the …
SEC turns its gaze from crypto to AI
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Gary Gensler has announced a shift in focus from cryptocurrency to AI.
Gensler, who has been vocal about the risks and challenges posed by the cryptocurrency industry, now believes that AI is the …
How an “AI-tocracy” emerges
Many scholars, analysts, and other observers have suggested that resistance to innovation is an Achilles’ heel of authoritarian regimes. Such governments can fail to keep up with technological changes that help their opponents; they may also, by stifling rights, inhibit …
Educating national security leaders on artificial intelligence
Understanding artificial intelligence and how it relates to matters of national security has become a top priority for military and government leaders in recent years. A new three-day custom program entitled “Artificial Intelligence for National Security Leaders” — AI4NSL for short — …
Day of AI curriculum meets the moment
MIT Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) recently celebrated the second annual Day of AI with two flagship local events. The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate in Boston hosted a human rights and data policy-focused …
US Government Extends Software Security Deadline Because Vendors Aren’t Ready
European Parliament adopts AI Act position
The European Parliament has taken a significant step towards the regulation of artificial intelligence by voting to adopt its position for the upcoming AI Act with an overwhelming majority.
The act aims to regulate AI based on its potential to …
Bringing the social and ethical responsibilities of computing to the forefront
There has been a remarkable surge in the use of algorithms and artificial intelligence to address a wide range of problems and challenges. While their adoption, particularly with the rise of AI, is reshaping nearly every industry sector, discipline, and …
UK will host global AI summit to address potential risks
The UK has announced that it will host a global summit this autumn to address the most significant risks associated with AI.
The decision comes after meetings between Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US President Joe Biden, Congress, and business leaders.…
Q&A: Gabriela Sá Pessoa on Brazilian politics, human rights in the Amazon, and AI
Gabriela Sá Pessoa is a journalist passionate about the intersection of human rights and climate change. She came to MIT from The Washington Post, where she worked from her home country of Brazil as a news researcher reporting on the …
Is medicine ready for AI? Doctors, computer scientists, and policymakers are cautiously optimistic
The advent of generative artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT has prompted renewed calls for AI in health care, and its support base only appears to be broadening.
The second annual MIT-MGB AI Cures Conference, hosted on April 24 by the …
India Bans Open Source Messaging Apps for Security Reasons. FOSS Community Says Good Luck
Editorial: UK puts AI at the centre of its Budget
British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the country’s Spring Budget this week and supporting the AI industry was at the centre.
The UK is Europe’s AI leader. Indeed, behind the US and China, the country’s tech sector overall has the third-highest …
MIT professor to Congress: “We are at an inflection point” with AI
Government should not “abdicate” its responsibilities and leave the future path of artificial intelligence solely to Big Tech, Aleksander Mądry, the Cadence Design Systems Professor of Computing at MIT and director of the MIT Center for Deployable Machine Learning, told …
£370m plan launched to turn UK into ‘tech superpower’
The Prime Minister and Technology Secretary have unveiled the Government’s plan to cement the UK’s place as a science and technology superpower by 2030, alongside a raft of new measures backed by over £370 million to boost investment in innovation, …