Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (13 February 2025)

Top of the Day Cybercrime evolving into national security threat: Google (Jonathan Greig – The Record – 12 February 2025) Cybercrime continues to expand and evolve and has become a national security-level threat that is enabling more attacks by state-backed groups, Google warned in a new report. Released ahead of the Munich Security Conference, the […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (12 February 2025)

Top of the Day AI Action Summit (Paris 2025) Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet – https://www.elysee.fr/en/emmanuel-macron/2025/02/11/statement-on-inclusive-and-sustainable-artificial-intelligence-for-people-and-the-planet Opening Address by Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi at the AI Action Summit, Paris – https://www.mea.gov.in/Speeches-Statements.htm?dtl/39020/Opening_Address_by_Prime_Minister_Shri_Narendra_Modi_at_the_AI_Action_Summit_Paris_February_11_2025 UN Secretary-General’s remarks at AI Action Summit – https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2025-02-11/secretary-generals-remarks-ai-action-summit-scroll-down-for-english Speech by President von der Leyen at […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (10 February 2025)

HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 3 TO 7 FEBRUARY 2025 Governance and Legislation Lawmakers push for DeepSeek ban from federal devices over China concerns (Jonathan Greig – The Record – 6 February 2025) Two lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek from any federal devices. Reps. Josh […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technology (10 February 2025)

Top of the Day Building International Partnerships to Combat Foreign Cyberattacks (Julia Dickson, Emily Harding – Lawfare – 9 February 2025) Cyberattacks by adversary states and criminal organizations cost Americans more than $12.5 billion in 2023 alone. Most malicious cyber activity, however, is conducted by actors operating outside the United States using foreign infrastructure, making […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (7 February 2025)

Top of the Day What Google’s return to defense AI means (Patrick Tucker – Defense One – 6 February 2025) Google has discarded its self-imposed ban on using AI in weapons, a step that simultaneously drew praise and criticism, marked a new entrant in a hot field, and underscored how the Pentagon—not any single company—must […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (6 February 2025)

Top of the Day Google Revises AI Ethics Policy, Drops Ban on Weapons and Surveillance (AI Insider – 5 February 2025) Google has removed its explicit commitment to avoiding AI applications for weapons and surveillance in an update to its AI Principles. Previously, the company pledged not to develop AI technologies that could cause harm, […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (5 February 2025)

Top of the Day What Would a ‘Sputnik Moment’ for US–China AI Competition Look Like? (Huw Roberts – RUSI – 4 February 2025) On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite, into orbit. This launch sparked panic in the US on account of the perceived capabilities gap between […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (4 February 2025)

Top of the Day The AI Action Summit and beyond: 3 Steps to strengthen global AI collaboration (Niki Iliadis , Constance de Leusse, Kevin Luca Zandermann, Tereza Zoumpalova – OECD.AI – 3 February 2025) Beginning with Bletchley Park in 2023 and Seoul in 2024, the AI Summit series has reached a pivotal moment. […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (3 February 2025)

HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAILY DIGEST – WEEK 27 TO 31 JANUARY 2025 Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Non-binding guiding principles on preventing, detecting and disrupting the use of new and emerging financial technologies for terrorist purposes released in official UN languages (UN CTED – 29 January 2025) On 6 January 2025, the United Nations […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (3 February 2025)

Top of the Day Italy blocks Chinese AI tool DeepSeek over privacy concerns (Suzanne Smalley – The Record – 31 January 2024) Italy’s data protection authority on Thursday announced it has banned DeepSeek from operating in the country after the Chinese artificial intelligence company told regulators it does not fall under the purview of European […]