An interview with Fifteen Minutes to discuss AI regulation, moderating online communities, and the Applied Social Media Lab.
Calls grow louder to regulate artificial intelligence, counter disinformation, and social media. But how can democracies govern the information environment if they don’t know how it affects people’s thinking and behaviour?
From COVID-19 misinformation to authoritarian crackdowns on democratic protests or hybrid warfare involving information manipulation, the negative impacts that crises have on the information environment can be challenging to reverse, threatening the physical safety of civilians and the democratic stability of societies.
A discussion on the links between information and technology, information competition through history, the need for a better understanding of information ecosystems, whether we’re in an information “civil war,” and much else besides.
It shows that Washington is an active partner in regulating advanced AI systems.
For those attempting to sort through the threats, opportunities, and outright hype posed by artificial intelligence (AI), the present moment is daunting, if not disorienting.
Fear that artificial intelligence will be used to disrupt elections is spreading. Over the next year, the strength and resilience of democratic institutions may be tested like never before.
A series of cyber attacks devastated Kenya’s digital infrastructure in July. Now, with major new digital initiatives underway, the country must find a way to restore the public’s confidence in cybersecurity.
Once the EU’s AI Act becomes law, the EU faces a long journey to successfully implementing it. We have a message for the artificial intelligence office that will likely be created to help along the way, as well as for others involved in the implementation process.
If U.S. policymakers take seriously their responsibility to curb the harm that generative AI is capable of sowing worldwide, they can help to ensure that these companies do the hard — but very necessary — work of prioritizing safety for all, not just a few.