I’m honoured to be one of the @FAccTConference Programme Chairs this year, alongside the amazing @jennwvaughan @sinafazelpour @TaliaGillis and we’ve been hard at work already. The CFP is coming soon, but the key dates everyone are now set. Happy paper planning
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Big Tech’s Political Power Reshapes American Policy Landscape
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“Now that the tech industry has quietly become one of the most powerful lobbying forces in American politics, it is wielding that power as previous corporate special interests have: to bully, cajole, and remake the nation as it sees fit.”
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Google Required to Allow Third-Party Android App Stores
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'Google will have to carry third-party Android app stores on its Google Play app store.' https://
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Government Adoption of OpenAI Tools Remains Low at 2%
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Govt adoption is still low she says. Just 2% of govt agencies use OpenAI's tools (more than I actually thought!) One example Anna gives is… Transylvania!
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Government AI Integration: OpenAI’s Policy Recommendations
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What should government be doing when it comes to AI? OpenAI's Anna Makanju recommends governments start by looking to integrate AI themselves.#CogX
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Government Agencies Embrace Generative AI With Governance Focus
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Government agencies are ready to adopt #GenerativeAI, with 60% of leaders seeing its innovative potential. A potential that can only be realized by emphasizing the importance of governance for responsible use. See more in this new report: https://t.co/uwZxXnCHML #AIinGov #GenAI pic.twitter.com/88bcQuRi7B
— SAS Software (@SASsoftware) 7 octobre 2024Government agencies are ready to adopt #GenerativeAI, with 60% of leaders seeing its innovative potential. A potential that can only be realized by emphasizing the importance of governance for responsible use. See more in this new report: http://
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IEEE SA Panel on Planet Positive 2030 and AI Ethics Budapest
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Excited to be at the Humans In Charge symposium in Budapest with brilliant friends @maria_axente
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Elon Musk criticized for spreading Russian disinformation
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How about not lying? And not spreading Russian disinformation? I would be much cooler about Elon if he would just follow those two simple rules.
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Real-time insights and ethical considerations in AI, IoT, and 5G
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Absolutely! While real-time insights enhance decision-making and efficiency, ethical considerations around data privacy, AI biases, and jobs are critical discussions we need to have. #MWC24 #AI #IoT #5G
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AI Overlords: Power Concentration in Human Hands
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For the foreseeable future, the AI overlords will be more like the humans with the most powerful AI systems and the objective functions they give them
