Center for Data Innovation

Responding to the Financial Times editorial on Gov. Newsom's veto of CA's AI safety bill, Senior Policy Manager Hodan O. agrees #AI regulation is crucial but argues reworking vague rules won't help. Lawmakers lack the info needed on real-world AI harms to design effective regulations. Read the letter👇 https://lnkd.in/eYsCsqDJ

🇬🇧 Labour's new Regulatory Innovation Office marks a significant advancement in the UK’s regulatory landscape, enabling regulators to better support #innovation. Our full statement on the announcement ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e63NAeAM

🇦🇺 AI holds vast potential to benefit Australia’s economy and society, but realizing this potential requires a thoughtful and balanced regulatory approach. Read our comments to Australia's Department of Industry, Science and Resources' proposal paper on mandatory #AI guardrails. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eyzfZqRf

Governor Newsom’s veto of SB 1047 was a sensible move, but #AI safety needs post-deployment evaluations to address real-world risks. The U.S. should lead the global shift toward more effective AI regulation. 🌐 Senior Policy Manager Hodan O.'s newest commentary ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/espCWDxw

🇪🇺 Mario Draghi’s European Competitiveness Report warned that the #EU missed the last wave of digital #innovation, leading to slow productivity growth. A pro-innovative approach towards #AI is essential to the EU’s future competitiveness. 🔗 Read more below. https://lnkd.in/eNQbmyYn

We're delighted to have Ayesha Bhatti, Policy Analyst, Center for Data Innovation, as a speaker at the Oxford Generative AI Summit! #OxGen24 Ayesha Bhatti is a policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation, a pro-technology think tank that forms part of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Ayesha leads the Center’s digital policy work for the UK and EU, with a particular focus on AI policy. She advocates for pro-innovation AI governance frameworks, promoting AI adoption, and the benefits of open-source development. Ayesha has a masters degree in Computer Science from Birkbeck, University of London, and is a licensed attorney in the state of New York. Read more - https://lnkd.in/gpSWrnxP Get your tickets now at oxgensummit.org. #OxGen24

While the U.S. leads in English #LLMs and China in Chinese, Europe lags in multilingual models. 🇨🇭 Switzerland's linguistic diversity makes it ideal to spearhead an #opensource LLM project to enhance Europe’s competitiveness. Senior Policy Manager Hodan Omaar explains ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eJrenDWP

🇬🇧 The UK government’s new #AI Opportunities Action Plan focuses on two key themes: AI sector growth and adoption. Our newest commentary explains how the govt. can address both ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eFjNKh9K

🏛️ The current #FCC proposal to disclose #AI in political ads is arbitrary & could mislead the public. A better approach: focus on "materially deceptive media" through broader #election laws. Our full comments to the FCC ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/e9EKZCXA

🇪🇺 The EU's complex digital regulations, including the #AIAct, are causing major tech companies to delay #AI rollouts, resulting in missed opportunities for Europeans and falling behind the U.S. and China. We explain in our latest commentary ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dCVGPAQf