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Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (22 November 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY Like biosecurity, cybersecurity is essential for rural industries (Dean Frye  – ASPI The Strategist – 21 November 2024) When you enter Australia, you meet some of the strictest biosecurity screening in the world. Even domestically, if you travel to South Australia with any kind of fruit in your bag, you could […]

PAM-CGS to attend the Rome 2024 Mediterranean Dialogues

25-27 November 2024, Rome (Italy) – The Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM), together with the PAM Centre for Global Studies (CGS), will attend and contribute to the 10th edition of the Rome MED – Mediterranean Dialogues, a prominent international conference, co-promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). […]

UNSG calls for urgent climate action at COP29

21 November 2024 – UNSG António Guterres delivered his remarks to the media at COP29 in Baku, following his participation in the G20 Summit in Rio. Stressing the urgency of the moment, Guterres underscored that achieving an ambitious climate finance agreement is essential to combating the growing threat of climate change. Guterres emphasized that failure […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (21 November 2024)

TOP OF THE DATE   Do We Want an “IAEA for AI”?   (Akash Wasil – Lawfare – 20 November 2024) In November 2023, nations at the first global AI Safety Summit recognized the possibility of “serious, even catastrophic harm” from advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Some of the risks identified stem from deliberate misuse. For […]

Just published: PAM-CGS report on CBRNe threats

20 November 2024, San Marino – The PAM Centre for Global Studies (CGS), under the chairmanship of Amb. Dr. Abdulsalam AlMadani, today released a report entitled “CBRNe, Bioterrorism, and Agroterrorism: The Impact on Human Security and Safety”, prepared in collaboration with the European Centre for Disaster Medicine of the Council of Europe (CEMEC), FAO and […]

Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (20 November 2024)

TOP OF THE DAY   GAO recommends new agency to streamline how US government protects citizens’ data (Suzanne Smalley – The Record – 20 November 2024) The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Tuesday published a report recommending that Congress create a new federal office to offer government-wide guidance and promote laws regulating how all […]

Deepfakes and AI: New Challenges for Social Media

19 November 2024 – X Corp., formerly known as Twitter, owned by Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit against the California Attorney General. The case refers to a recently enacted law (AB 2655), requiring online platforms, with over 1 million users in California, to label or remove election-related deep fakes. The law requires the platforms […]