THE DATA DROP:  December 2024

Hub Update 

Greetings friends and colleagues.

Susan Aaronson recently was a keynote panelist at the 2024 Digital Futures Symposium, “On Sovereign AI,” at New America. Aaronson also presented her work on AI Nationalism at the US Departments of State and Commerce and at the Office of the US Trade Representative. 

Aaronson’s op-ed on Trump's potential tech policy was published in Fortune. 

If you missed the Hub’s November webinar, it is now on YouTube. We will pick up again in January.

Digital Trade and Data Governance News

-  WTO Issues report on AI and Trade 

Artificial Intelligence News

-  EU AI Act Code of Practice 

-  Update on UK Parliament Study of AI Governance and Labor’s Response 

-  State Department's new task force on content authentication

-  USG announced a network of AI safety institutes. 

-  Department of Labor issues roadmap on best practices for AI and workers 

-  G-20 Declaration on AI 

What We're Reading

-  Evaluating AI systems is a Social Science Measurement Challenge 

-  Big Tech and Trust 

-  The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence has released its Global AI Vibrancy tool and paper

Calls for proposals

-  The Paris AI Summit is in February and the Hub, Connected by Data, Data and Society and other groups are convening a research meeting on political participation and AI governance, here. 

-  The International Association for Safe and Ethical AI convenes in Paris on February  6th and 7th and has extended their call for applications to attend. Details at: https://www.iaseai.org/ 

-  Put your events here  that relate to AI safety and trustworthy AI

Opportunities to Comment 

-  USG:  Commercially available Sensitive Personal Information 

-  USG: Provisions related to Sensitive Data 

-  USG: Investment Restrictions Related to Emerging Sectors