by Editor | Sep 11, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
U.S. President Joe Biden, announced on Friday, Sept 2, the winners of a $1B economic development competition and announced the recipients for projects in areas like clean energy, tech, and AI. 21 winners will receive grants of $25M to $65M.
Additionally, private sector companies and local organizations are investing in The “Build Back Better Regional Challenge” is a program under the $1.9T American Rescue Plan, a stimulus package signed by President Biden in March.
AI projects included: A Georgia Tech Research Corporation coalition awarded $65M for AI efforts across Georgia’s industrial sectors and The Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative will receive $62.7M for projects in robotics and autonomy.
These developments of economic stimulation in AI reinforces the White House’s commitment to AI and if you are not already aware of AI.gov it is an important site which provides a wealth of information – from policy documents and strategies, to applications of AI, to the latest news and updates from the agencies and federal advisory boards helping shape the activities of the National AI Initiative. Created by Congress, the National AI Initiative seeks to sustain U.S. leadership in AI research and development, ensure the United States leads the world in the development and use of trustworthy AI in the public and private sectors, and prepare the present and future U.S. workforce for the integration of AI systems across all sectors of the economy and society.
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) was established through a collaboration of the Boston Global Forum and World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid at the Policy Lab on September 7-9, 2021.
GADG do:
Coordinate resources: governments, international organizations, corporations, think tanks, civil society, and influencers for AI and a digital sphere for good, to make these resources more effective, to synthesize and maximize their impact, and to create more implementation-oriented conferences.
Protect fundamental values and standards proposed in Social Contract for the AI Age, in AI International Accord and in the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cindygordon/2022/09/03/usa-white-house-president-joe-biden-advances-regional-innovation-in-cleantech-energy-and-ai/?sh=72c810b519bc
by Editor | Sep 5, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
On September 16, 2022, Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) will be hosting the Global Emerging Technology Summit. The purpose of the Summit is to bring together government and private sector leaders from the United States and our staunchest allies and partners to ensure that emerging technologies help advance freedom, strengthen democracies, and protect the rules-based order.
Alongside a series of cutting-edge tech demos, the day’s sessions will shed further light on the future of geopolitics, democracy, and technology. Last week SCSP announced a remarkable lineup of speakers, including Jake Sullivan, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Eva Kaili, VP of the European Parliament, and Sir Alex Younger, former Chief of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). This week, SCSP was thrilled to announce more speakers: Jack Clark, Co- founder of Anthropic AI; Stacey Dixon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; Anshu Roy, CEO of Rhombus; Wendy R. Sherman, Deputy Secretary of State; Eric Schmidt, SCSP Chair; Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State; and H.R. McMaster, Lieut. Gen., U.S. Army (retired), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution.
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) was established through a collaboration of the Boston Global Forum and World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid at the Policy Lab on September 7-9, 2021.
GADG do:
- Coordinate resources: governments, international organizations, corporations, think tanks, civil society, and influencers for AI and a digital sphere for good, to make these resources more effective, to synthesize and maximize their impact, and to create more implementation-oriented conferences.
- Protect fundamental values and standards proposed inSocial Contract for the AI Age, inAI International Accord and in the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
by Editor | Aug 28, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
The 17th annual UN Internet Global Forum meeting will be hosted in a hybrid format. The meeting will aim at accommodating the participation of stakeholders present onsite in Addis Ababa or participating online in an equitable manner. This hybrid approach also extends to the session organizing teams (organizers, speakers, moderators and rapporteurs) who will participate online or onsite. This further means that all session-engaged parties can participate onsite or online. The overall objective is to make participation in IGF 2022 meaningful and inclusive for all participants.
The meeting will be hosted under the overarching theme: Resilient Internet for a shared sustainable and common future. The programme will be developed around the following themes:
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) was established through a collaboration of the Boston Global Forum and World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid at the Policy Lab on September 7-9, 2021.
GADG do:
- Coordinate resources: governments, international organizations, corporations, think tanks, civil society, and influencers for AI and a digital sphere for good, to make these resources more effective, to synthesize and maximize their impact, and to create more implementation-oriented conferences.
- Protect fundamental values and standards proposed in Social Contract for the AI Age, in AI International Accord and in the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
Two coordinators of GADG, Vint Cerf and Toomas Hendrik Ilves, are members of IGF Leadership Panel. GADG will connect and support this event.
by Editor | Aug 20, 2022 | News
August 20, 2022. By Quynh Nham
On August 17, 2022, Former PM Ehud Barak visited the office of the Central Theoretical Council of the Communist Party of Vietnam and had a high level discussion with the leaders of the Council on the development of Vietnam and how the country could learn from Israel’s success to create an economic breakthrough.
Vice Chairmen of the Council Ta Ngoc Tan, Nguyen Van Thanh, and other Vice Chairmen and members of the Council welcomed and discussed with PM Barak.
In his speech, PM Barak placed great emphasis on manpower, encouraging Vietnam to focus on producing a high quality workforce through education and sciences. He also emphasized the importance of FDI and the need to create a stable and reliable investment environment to attract foreign investors into the country.
PM Barak believed that together with Vietnam’s great energy and spirit, great leadership with a clear vision and a defined strategy would be key factors for the success of Vietnam.
At the meeting, PM Barak also discussed the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment by the Boston Global Forum and the United Nations Academic Impact with the contribution of prominent world leaders, distinguished professors and think tanks. He called it an important book that sets a vision for a global social contract in the age of AI and deep learning, which shall be coupled with practical methods to realize its goal.
The Council appreciated PM Ehud Barak’s thorough advice and recommendations and wished him a blessed trip in Vietnam.
by Editor | Aug 1, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, AI-Government, News
Globally, there has been a concession on transparency and the need for algorithmic audits.
Digital India Act
The IT Act 2000 oversees almost every facet of online activities. When the laws were first introduced, social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter did not exist. Technologies such as AI and ML were not as famous as today.
However, a lot has changed in the last 22 years. Fast-paced technological changes with the advent of AI and ML have made it critically important for the regulatory framework to be more specific and effective.
However, much progress has been made in this regard in different parts of the world. Most recently, the European Parliament recently voted in favour of the Digital Services Act (DSA). By doing so, the EU became the first jurisdiction in the world to set a comprehensive standard for regulating digital space. The new legislation could force these firms to share their algorithm with not just the regulators but with the users as well.
https://analyticsindiamag.com/indian-govts-new-it-laws-to-disrupt-social-media-platforms/
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) was established through a collaboration of the Boston Global Forum and World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid at the Policy Lab on September 7-9, 2021.
GADG will:
- Coordinate resources: governments, international organizations, corporations, think tanks, civil society, and influencers for AI and a digital sphere for good, to make these resources more effective, to synthesize and maximize their impact, and to create more implementation-oriented conferences.
- Protect fundamental values and standards proposed in Social Contract for the AI Age, in AI International Accordand in the book Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
by Editor | Jul 25, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, AI-Government
To improve the regulation of Artificial Intelligence, the UK government have put forth an AI rulebook to protect data and promote responsible AI use.
These proposals, pitched in the AI rulebook, look toward the future regulation of Artificial Intelligence, and take a less centralized approach than the EU.
Artificial Intelligence refers to machines which learn from data how to perform tasks normally performed by humans. For example, AI helps identify patterns in financial transactions that could indicate fraud and clinicians diagnose illnesses based on chest images – AI is now increasingly used in healthcare settings.
The government’s new plans for regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI), as a Data Protection and Digital Information Bill introduced to Parliament, will help to develop consistent rules to promote innovation in this technology and protect the public.
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/the-new-ai-rulebook-for-technology-innovation-in-the-uk-government/140016/
Boston Global Forum (BGF), Club de Madrid and AI World Society (AIWS) established the Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) in September 2021. This is a part of the Social Contract for the AI Age, Framework for AI International Accord, and Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
The Global Alliance for Digital Governance will take action to connect think tanks, influencers, experts, and citizens to contribute to building International Laws, International Accord on AI and Digital, while simultaneously working with governments and international organizations towards this goal.
by Editor | Jun 27, 2022 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, News, Practices in Cybersecurity
Last week, the federal government introduced two pieces of legislation proposing major privacy, cybersecurity and data governance reforms. The first, Bill C-26, would enact the Critical Cyber Systems Protection Act (CCSPA), which aims to protect critical cyber systems in the telecom, financial, energy and infrastructure sectors and grants substantial new order-making and information-gathering powers to federal regulators overseeing them. The second, Bill C-27, would enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA), a previously proposed statute that has been updated since the last Parliament, and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), which would govern the use of AI and automated decision systems.
If passed, the Bill would significantly reform federal private-sector privacy law. It would also introduce rules to regulate “high-impact” artificial intelligence (AI) systems under a new Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA).
AIDA would, among other things:
Establish a new Artificial Intelligence and Data Commissioner to support the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry in enforcing AIDA
Make it an offence to make available or use an artificial intelligence system that is likely to cause serious harms
Like the EU’s recent proposal, the AIDA would take a harm-based approach to regulating AI by creating new obligations for yet-to-be-defined “high-impact systems.”
Boston Global Forum (BGF), Club de Madrid and AI World Society (AIWS) established the Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) in September 2021. This is a part of the Social Contract for the AI Age, Framework for AI International Accord, and Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
https://www.mondaq.com/canada/privacy-protection/1205678/federal-government-introduces-new-privacy-cybersecurity-and-ai-legislation
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/federal-government-proposes-new-law-to-1463373/
by Editor | Jul 5, 2022 | Reports, News
Since its release in April 2021, the draft AI regulations (the “Regulations”), also referred to as the EU AI Act, have acted as a catalyst of legal, political, and societal developments within the field of AI. Forming the basis of many of the developing trends for AI in the European Union, the Regulations have received extensive feedback from stakeholders of all forms and functions, often with positive developments made (as was the case with the very definition of AI).
What remains constant in the shifting sands for AI in Europe is that the Regulations are set to stay and form the foundations for which man and machine are set to interact. While, understandably, there is a substantial level of restrictions contained within the Regulation, the provisions equally set out a number of initiatives to encourage the use and development of AI. One such initiative is the use of regulatory ‘sandboxes’ to allow stakeholders the chance to build, and develop, in the safety of regulatory isolation, without the substantial repercussions they would otherwise face should they fall foul of the Regulations once enacted.
Taking full advantage of this positive initiative, on the 27 June, the government of Spain announced at an event alongside the European Commission that they were to begin piloting the first (likely of many) regulatory sandbox on AI.
What is a regulatory sandbox?
As the European Commission puts it, a regulatory sandbox is a way to connect innovators and regulators by providing a controlled environment for them to interact and develop their operations. This will therefore permit them to develop, test, and validate AI systems with a view of ensuring compliance with the Regulations when they come into effect. On the other side of the spectrum, regulators are able to see the bottlenecks and sticking points of the way a regulation behaves in its current form. Changes can therefore be made as needed, after having extensive feedback and testing carried out by the involved parties. Much like a sandcastle, if a process is consistently incompatible with the Regulations, or the Regulations are found to be unsuitable in practice, they can be sculpted and remoulded to better meet the needs of the EU.
What benefit is expected?
The pilot initiated by the Spanish government is set to look at operationalising the requirements of the Regulations, alongside other features, such as conformity assessments and post-market activities.
The initiative is expected to create “easy-to-follow, future-proof best practice guidelines”, alongside an array of other practical guides and materials. These are expected to assist companies, particularly SMEs and start-ups reach, compliance with the provisions of the Regulations.
It is also expected that the results of the pilot will create guidance on methods to control and monitor compliance that can be used by each individual Member State’s national authorities.
When can stakeholders start building?
Testing is set to commence in October 2022 and the results are expected to be published in the second half of 2023. The experience collected from this sandbox will be presented in the form of newly developed ‘good practices’ and ‘implementation guidelines’ that will be made available to all Member States and the European Commission in anticipation for the full implementation of the Regulations.
Boston Global Forum (BGF), Club de Madrid and AI World Society (AIWS) established the Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) in September 2021. This is a part of the Social Contract for the AI Age, Framework for AI International Accord, and Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment.
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=09cd19b8-ec89-429a-a55c-b6a5ae84ba49
by Editor | Jul 1, 2022 | Executive Board, Global Enlightenment Leaders, Board of Thinkers
Just as earlier social contracts helped shape societies for a common purpose, the Social Contract for the AI Age has a transformative vision, one that transcends the technological features of artificial intelligence and seeks to provide foundations for a new...
