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Event recap | Synthetic data, privacy, and the future of trust Event Recap by the GeoTech Center
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Over the last decade, the business of data has disrupted nearly every business category with its promise of technological, industrial, and human advancement. Data continues to captivate our interest as entrepreneurs, executives, and policymakers for its potential to democratize the next wave of productivity with artificial intelligence and machine-to-machine advancements. To advance this wave of productivity, new models of data have been invented: Synthetic Data
As it suggests, synthetic data is completely artificial and offers the promise of both usefulness and privacy. Artificial intelligence that is trained on real-life information often contains a baked-in bias: algorithmic decision-making in fields such as criminal justice and credit scoring shows evidence of rac
Event recap | The geopolitics of emerging tech during the pandemic Event Recap by the GeoTech Center
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Corporations and governments alike continue to struggle with technology policy, especially under the strain of a global pandemic that struck at a moment when the internet was mature enough to alleviate many of COVID’s harms despite facing novel geopolitical challenges to its design and use at the same time. These turbulences have not just tested every facet of the digital world and its ability to handle crises but also altered international relations significantly. Many countries are at a crossroad when it comes to emerging technologies and security during a global pandemic.
Event recap | Tech-enabled dis- and misinformation, social platforms, and geopolitics Event Recap by Sana Moazzam
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In this special episode of the GeoTech Hour, cohosted with the Digital Forensics Research Lab on Wednesday, February 3, from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EST, panelists examined the influence of new technologies on dis- and misinformation via social media platforms
. They covered the various challenges caused by the era of the “free internet” and social media’s ability to provide a mass audience with unchecked, unregulated content.
Panelists first explored increased internet access worldwide and the caveats on its expansion, which has helped propagate dis- and misinformation. The lack of regulation of online communities and content creation has created massive echo chambers, shifting the way society operates. Experts touched on the role of the
In this special edition of the GeoTech Hour, held weekly on Wednesdays from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. EST, the GeoTech Center airs a recording of the most recent installment of its Immune System for the Planet private roundtables.