Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (26 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies The United Nations calls for urgent regulation of military AI (Digital Watch Observatory – 23 May 2025) The UN and global experts have emphasised the urgent need for comprehensive regulation of AI in military applications. UN Secretary has called for ‘global guardrails’ to govern the use of autonomous weapons, […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (23 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies The AI Workforce: What LinkedIn data reveals about ‘AI Talent’ trends in OECD.AI’s live data (Rosie Hood – OECD.AI – 22 May 2025) LinkedIn’s Data for Impact programme’s collaboration with the OECD.AI Policy Observatory brings together the latest LinkedIn data on AI workforce trends to provide policymakers with information to understand […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (22 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies United Nations’ ITU Launches ‘Quantum for Good’ to Align Innovation with Global Impact (Quantum Insider – 21 May 2025) The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will launch Quantum for Good this July as a new track at the AI for Good Global Summit, designed to align quantum innovation with global development priorities. […]
AI in Healthcare: Innovation with Responsibility
21 May 2025 – In Helsinki, Finland, over 400 representatives from ministries, health professionals, experts, patient associations, and international organizations gathered to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and its human rights implications. The Conference, entitled “AI Healthcare And Human Rights – Supporting Patients, Enabling Doctors, Safeguarding The Therapeutic Relationship”, was organized […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (21 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies On the Path to AI Sovereignty, AI Agency Offers a Shortcut (Aubra Anthony – Lawfare – 20 May 2025) Artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) explosive evolution from a niche field of academic study to a ubiquitous and loudly hyped headline has created a pressing sense of urgency as countries vie for superiority. No […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (20 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies On AI Policy, Congress Shouldn’t Cut States Off at the Knees (Katie Fry Hester, Gary Marcus – Lawfare – 19 May 2025) Artificial intelligence holds immense promise—from accelerating disease detection to streamlining services—but it also presents serious risks, including deepfake deception, misinformation, job displacement, exploitation of vulnerable workers and consumers, and […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (19 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Revised draft UNGA resolution for Scientific Panel on AI and Global Dialogue on AI Governance (Digital Watch Observatory – 16 May 2025) As negotiations advance among UN General Assembly members in New York, a revised draft resolution has been issued outlining updated proposals for the terms of reference and modalities for […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (16 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Why OpenAI’s Corporate Structure Matters to AI Development (Kevin Frazier – Lawfare – 15 May 2025) A group of AI experts and legal scholars have once again raised concerns to two state attorneys general that OpenAI’s latest proposal to reform its corporate structure runs afoul of the lab’s mission. For many […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (15 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies AI Agents Must Follow the Law (Cullen O’Keefe, Ketan Ramakrishnan – Lawfare – 14 May 2025) Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are the next big frontier in general-purpose AI. By now, most people are familiar with generative AI systems: systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4o that specialize in outputting media (text, code, images, audio, […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (14 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies New Ways to Frame Responsible Cyber Behaviour Beyond the UN (Louise Marie Hurel – RUSI – 13 May 2025) Responsible cyber behaviour (RCB) refers to the collective expectations of state and non-state actors about how they should behave in cyberspace. ‘Behaviour’ in this context comprises the values, norms, policies, practices and […]