On March 21, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly achieved a historic milestone by adopting, through consensus, a resolution spearheaded by the United States on "Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for...
CNBC: World’s first major act to regulate AI passed by European lawmakers
The European Union’s parliament on Wednesday approved the world’s first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern the mediatized artificial intelligence at the forefront of tech investment. The EU brokered provisional political consensus in early December, and it...
Why Japan is building its own version of ChatGPT
Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture. Japan is building its own versions of ChatGPT — the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot made by US firm OpenAI that became a...
[New York Times] 2 Senators Propose Bipartisan Framework for A.I. Laws
Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, and Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, plan to announce a sweeping framework to regulate artificial intelligence, in the latest effort by Congress to catch up with the technology. The leaders of the Senate...
Commons committee sets 12 challenges for AI governance
The Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee of MPs in the UK has outlined 12 challenges that policy makers need to address in setting terms for the governance of AI deployments: The Bias challenge: AI can introduce or perpetuate biases that society finds...
UN’s António Guterres convenes critical body to debate global governance of artificial intelligence
The Boston Global Forum introduces an op-ed of Amandeep Singh Gill and Tshilidzi Marwala, published in the Daily Maverick (Zimbabwe). Amandeep Gill is United Nations Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology. The Boston Global Forum honored Gill with the World Leader in...
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly Implements Statewide AI Policy
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced on August 18, 2023 that she has directed executive branch agencies to adopt a statewide policy on generative AI that outlines how the technology can be used safely. A new policy for the state of Kansas outlines how artificial...
The United States and India Must Collaborate on AI Governance, Says Biden’s Science Advisor
Arati Prabhakar, the Science Advisor to President Joe Biden, emphasized the need for collaboration between the United States and India to shape the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) in a responsible and beneficial manner. The Biden...