AI Policy News
Deal is Final on EU AI Act, Sweeping AI Legislation to be Adopted (Dec. 7, 2023)
CAIDP's Global Program Director Karine Caunes urges Committee on AI to uphold mission of Council of Europe and to promote fundamental rights, democratic values, and rule of law in global AI Treaty. [CAIDP reference page]
CAIDP Files Complaint with FTC concerning Zoom's use of ML and AI techniques (Aug. 31, 2023)
NEWS - CAIDP Updates OpenAI Complaint, Urges Action by FTC (July 10, 2023)
CAIDP Statement to OSTP on National AI Strategy (July 7, 2023)
CAIDP, Civil Society Groups Urge Action on Global AI Treaty (July 4, 2023)
CAIDP Advises Pakistan on AI Policy (June 30, 2023)
REUTERS - "Biden eyes AI dangers, says tech companies must make sure products are safe" (April 4, 2023)
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“Tech companies have a responsibility, in my view, to make sure their products are safe before making them public,” he said at the start of a meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). When asked if AI was dangerous, he said, “It remains to be seen. Could be.”
CAIDP Files AI Complaint with FTC
CAIDP Files Complaint with US Federal Trade Commission -- Urges Investigation of OpenAI -- Calls for Suspension of Future Releases of GPT Until Guardrails are Established -- Follows Statement from AI Experts Calling for Pause on Large Language Models (March 30, 2023)
CAIDP's Merve Hickok to Testify Before Congress on AI Policy
"Advances in AI: Are We Ready For a Tech Revolution?"
House Oversight Committee
March 8, 2023, 2:00 pm EST
[CAIDP Recommendations to the National AI Advisory Committee]
CAIDP in The News
CAIDP and IBA, "The Future is Now – Artificial Intelligence and the Legal Profession" (Sept. 2024)
Council of Europe opens first ever global treaty on AI for signature (Sept. 5, 2024)
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law (CETS No. 225) was opened for signature during a conference of Council of Europe Ministers of Justice in Vilnius. It is the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
"The AI Treaty is historic,” Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Center for AI and Digital Policy, told Nextgov/FCW. “There is now consensus on the need to safeguard fundamental rights, democratic values and the rule of law in the development and oversight of AI systems.”
Rotenberg said that the CAIDP welcomes the endorsement of the Framework by U.S. signatories, though the document will still need to be ratified by the U.S. Senate.
“As Council of Europe Conventions are open to both member and non-member states, this convention will likely become the first global treaty for the governance of AI,” he said. “CAIDP is urging countries to endorse the Council of Europe AI Treaty. This is critical to ensure safe, secure and trustworthy AI.”
US joins Council of Europe’s AI and human rights framework, NextGov, Sept. 6, 2024
AI Policy Resources
Fundamental Rights Agency, Test algorithms for bias to avoid discrimination (8 Dec. 2022)
AEPD / EDPS, 10 Misunderstandings About Machine Learning (September 2022)
Riyadh AI Call for Action (RAICA) Declaration (September 2022)
Artiticial Intelligence and Democratic Values, Turkish Policy Quarterly (Winter 21/22) with contributions by Ramos, Nemitz, Timmers, Sourdin, Hickok/Rotenberg, and others
European Law Institute, Model Rules on Impact Assessment of Algorithmic Decision-Making Systems Used by Public Administration (2022)
CAIDP Statements
CAIDP's Merve Hickok statement on AI Policy before the US Congress, March 8, 2023 - “The U.S. does not have the guardrails in place, the laws that we need, the public education, or the expertise in the government to manage the consequences of these rapid technological changes.” [CAIDP - House Hearing on Advances in AI]
AI Policy Events
CAIDP Events
CAIDP Meets with Delegation from LIBE Committee of the European Parliament, Washington, DC, May 26, 2022
CAIDP Hosts Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values, 10 November 2021
CAIDP Conversation with Former White House Advisor John Podesta, 4 November 2021
CAIDP meets with Members of the European Parliament AIDA Committee, Washington, DC, 4 November 2021
Universal Guidelines for AI
Commentary
Marc Rotenberg, An AI Oversight (response to Ian Bremmer and Mustafa Suleyman’s "The AI Power Paradox"), Foreign Affairs (Nov-Dec. 2023)
Merve Hickok, Lorraine Kisselburgh, and Marc Rotenberg Perils of A.I., and Limits on Its Development, The New York Times (July 24, 2023)
Marc Rotenberg and Merve Hickok, Regulating A.I.: The U.S. Needs to Act, The New York Times (March 6, 2023)
Marc Rotenberg, Foreword: Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Values: The Role of Data Protection, European Data Protection Law Review (Winter 2021)
Artificial Intelligence and Galileo's Telescope
review of the Age of AI by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Douglas Huttenlocher
Issues in Science and Technology
Marc Rotenberg
Next Steps on the AI Bill Of Rights, by Lorraine Kisselburgh and Marc Rotenberg, Washington Spectator (Nov. 2021)
Reference Books
The AI Policy Sourcebook is the first compendium of AI policy, providing essential information for policy makers, researchers, journalists, and the public. Edited by Marc Rotenberg, the AI Policy Sourcebook includes global AI frameworks, such as the OECD AI Principles and the Universal Guidelines for AI. The Sourcebook also includes materials from the European Union and the Council of Europe, national AI initiatives, as well as recommendations from professional societies, including the ACM and the IEEE.
Publications
Marc Rotenberg, "Schrems II, from Snowden to China: Toward a New Alignment on Transatlantic Data Protection," European Law Journal (September 2020)
AI Ethicist Bookstore
CAIDP recommends the AIethicist Bookstore, powered by bookshop.org. Topics include: AI Ethics, Bias & Social Justice; Conext for AI and Data - Bias/Power/Injustice; and Dystopian Futures.
The books recommended here cover topics of AI ethics, big data & social impact, biased algorithms, privacy, lack of regulation or ethics around automated decision making.
There are also books that provide background on what cause these areas (and hence the data) to be historically unequal and what are the root causes of social and structural injustices in these areas - like policing, mass incarceration, welfare, housing, financial markets, communication, just to name a few.
Notable
Marc Rotenberg – Commentary on AI Policy
“The United States must work with other democratic countries to establish red lines for certain A.I. applications and ensure fairness, accountability and transparency as A.I. systems are deployed . . . The rate of technological change is accelerating. Countries that seek to preserve fundamental rights must act before it is too late.”
- The Battle Over Artificial Intelligence (New York Times 2019)
"Algorithmic accountability is a complex topic, but the impact cuts broadly across life in America, from jobs and credit to housing and criminal justice."
“This critical question of automated decision-making lies at the heart of modern data protection law, ensuring fairness and transparency about the decisions impacting individuals.”
- Computers Privacy and Data Protection (Brussels 2017)
"Democratic countries should establish algorithmic transparency to ensure fairness and accountability in the digital world."
“I do want to emphasize how very important it is to move forward today on a project to establish algorithmic transparency and a set of framework principles for the deployment of AI that protects the interests of the individual.”
“As decisions are automated, processes become more opaque, less accountable. . . . At the intersection of law and technology — knowledge of the algorithm is a fundamental right, a human right”
- UNESCO Knowledge Café (Paris 2015)
"The United States needs comprehensive privacy legislation to safeguard the personal data of Americans. We must also establish an agency charged with advocating for the privacy interests of America. Surveillance technology takes hold quickly. There is not much time."
- Surveillance in China: Implications for Americans (New York Times 2019)