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In February, just before the AU’s AI policy draft came out, Shikoh Gitau, a computer scientist who started the Nairobi-based AI research lab Qubit Hub, published a paper arguing that Africa should prioritize the development of an AI industry before trying to regulate the technology.  “If we start by regulating, we're not going to figure out the innovations and opportunities that exist for Africa,” says David Lemayian, a software engineer and one of the paper’s co-authors.   Okolo, who consulted on the AU-AI draft…

How should we regulate AI? Speakers: Melissa Heikkilä, Senior reporter for AI and Charlotte Jee, News editor There’s little doubt that artificial intelligence will be subject to more regulation in the years ahead. Major tech companies have requested it, and multiple countries and regions are now moving forward with plans to pass new rules governing the technology’s development or use. Broadly speaking, these proposed policies aim to redirect AI toward serving societal goals or address potential biases that put people…

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Wednesday it would create regulations governing data brokers' sale of Americans' personal data to overseas buyers, citing the risk of its exploitation by foreign adversaries.The White House earlier Wednesday announced an executive order intended to help restrict the transfer of personal data to China, Russia and other countries on security grounds.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in…

Ann Carlson, shown in an undated photo, has served as acting administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, where she started as chief counsel in 2021. Carlson is leaving the agency on Wednesday to resume teaching at the UCLA School of Law.Credit: NHTSA via AP In the past 15 months, no one has been more responsible for safety on the nation's roads than Ann Carlson. For much of that time she has served…

As artificial intelligence starts to reshape society in ways predictable and not, some of Colorado’s highest-profile federal lawmakers are trying to establish guardrails without shutting down the technology altogether. U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Windsor Republican, is cosponsoring legislation with California Democrat Ted Lieu to create a national commission focused on regulating the technology and another bill to keep AI from unilaterally firing nuclear weapons. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, has publicly urged the leader of…

With two decades of tech leadership experience, Alex Akimov, former head of API at Adyen, now revolutionizes embedded finance at Monite by building best-in-class APIs for effortless client integrations. Application programming interfaces (APIs) power the modern internet, including most websites, mobile apps, and IoT devices we use. And, thanks to the ubiquity of the internet in nearly all parts of the planet, it is APIs that give people the power to connect to almost any…

Following marathon talks between European Union lawmakers and member states since Wednesday, the EU has reached a landmark agreement to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). This agreement will lay down provisional rules for the use of AI across the EU. Here’s an explainer.What is the EU agreement and why is it significant?The EU on Friday came to a political agreement on the rules for governing AI, bringing it closer to being the first major global power to establish enforceable AI legislation.Elevate Your Tech Prowess…

The world’s first comprehensive laws to regulate artificial intelligence have been agreed in a landmark deal after a marathon 37-hour negotiation between the European Parliament and EU member states.The agreement was described as “historic” by Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner responsible for a suite of laws in Europe that will also govern social media and search engines, covering giants such as X, TikTok and Google.Breton said 100 people had been in a room for almost three days to seal the deal. He said it was…

The European Union reached a preliminary deal that would limit how the advanced ChatGPT model could operate, in what’s seen as a key part of the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence regulation.All developers of general purpose AI systems – powerful models that have a wide range of possible uses – must meet basic transparency requirements, unless they’re provided free and open-source, according to an EU document seen by Bloomberg.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

 The European Union reached a preliminary deal that would limit how the advanced ChatGPT model could operate, in what's seen as a key part of the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence regulation. All developers of general purpose AI systems – powerful models that have a wide range of possible uses – must meet basic transparency requirements, unless they're provided free and open-source, according to an EU document seen by Bloomberg. These include: Having an acceptable-use policyKeeping up-to-date…