DataGovHub May 2024 Newsletter

May news from the DataGovHub

Our colleague, Adam Zable left the Hub in May 2024 for a new job as a Research Associate at The GovLab. Congrats to Adam. We miss him already.
We will shortly be putting out an announcement for a Research Associate with expertise in AI, data governance, and research/writing experience. If you are interested, please monitor our webpage.
We will shortly be issuing the 4th iteration of the Global Data Mapping Project. Moreover, the underlying evidence (aka the data on data governance) will be on our website in the next few weeks.
On June 12, the Hub hosts its next webinar at 11 am on the Department of State’s new strategy on “Digital Solidarity.” Our speakers are Adam Segal, Senior Advisor, Department of State and former Ira Lipman Chair, Council on Foreign Relations. Segal is also the principal author of the strategy document and Pablo Chavez, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security.

Digital Trade and Data Governance News

Artificial Intelligence News

OECD updates its AI Principles in response to changes in AI.
The US is considering AI export restrictions based on model weights.
US Department of Commerce AI Safety Institute Issued a Strategic Vision.
The US announced its first cyber-security digital solidarity strategy–it is worth a read.
The Council of Europe adopted the first binding AI treaty.
In advance of the Korea AI Safety Summit, the UK government issued a government-commissioned report that revealed a "limited understanding" of how cutting-edge AI actually works.
The OECD published a report on AI Incidents.

What We're Reading

How does AI think?
A Fourth Wave of Open Data–Stefaan Verhulst et al.
Avi Goldfarb et al. suggest we should be more concerned about how firms use data and make inferences.
Governing in the Age of AI, Tony Blair Institute

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