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When Dr. Folarin Gbadebo-Smith assumed duties as Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), he was

Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning up after a nuclear disaster, waxing floors or pulling barnacles off a ship. Her job now is getting the U.S. government working together — alongside American businesses, research universities and international allies — as director…

Bidens AI czar focuses on societal risks, preventing harm Sign In MATT OBRIEN, AP Technology Writer June 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail This photo provided by The White House shows Lynne Parker. The computer scientist made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like cleaning up after a nuclear disaster, waxing floors or pulling barnacles off a ship. Her job now is getting the U.S. government working together — alongside American businesses, r...

America. soon i hope to no longer have these television hits from my kitchen and come hang out in person in a television studio again. >> i dont know. ill miss that kitchen shot. president biden has yet to name leaders for the top agencies overseeing technology. your sense on how this is going to affect tech policy moving forward? >> the biden administration took a very hard line in looking at tech regulation. that was a dominant issue during the campaign. some of bidens rivals like elizabeth wa...

. On Wednesday, the Facebook Oversight Board will announce its decision on whether to reinstate former U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump was banned after he incited the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. That day, he posted on Facebook a statement saying that his supporters should “remember this day forever” and that “these are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patri...

A former Pinterest employee helped craft legislation to ensure workers wouldn't be muzzled by NDAs when they face discrimination.

Decluttering the Encryption and Platform Regulation Debate in India ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 12:37 IST New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI/BusinessWire India): On Sunday, April 4, 2021, The Dialogue, a Delhi based Tech Policy think tank, in partnership with Law and Tech Society of National Law School of India, hosted a Virtual Conference on Encryption and Platform Regulation Debate in India wherein the results of the National Essay Competition on Encryption ...

How has politics already been shaped and disrupted by technology and artificial intelligence? If intelligent machines are going to be a part of our political system, can they make ethical decisions? "Policy, Politics & Ethics of the Coming AI Revolution" will take place April 15 at 7 p.m. Panelists will address these and other questions during an April 15 Arts Unplugged virtual event in the College of Arts & Sciences. “Policy, Politics and Ethics of the Coming AI Revolution” will explore th...

Debating the Contours of Internet Freedom in India Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:37PM IST (12:07PM GMT)   New Delhi, Delhi, India:  The Dialogue, a Delhi based Tech Policy think tank, organized a National Debate Competition on ‘ Internet Freedom’ on February 27th and 28th in collaboration with Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi. With the New IL Guidelines being notified only last Thursday, this debate could not have be...

Tue, Mar 2nd 2021 4:22pm — Cathy Gellis When we criticize Internet regulations like the CCPA and GDPR, or lament the attempts to roll back Section 230, one of the points we almost always raise is how unduly expensive these policy decisions can be for innovators. Any law that increases the risk of legal trouble increases the need for lawyers, whose services rarely come cheap. But bare cost is only part of the problem. All too often, policymakers seem to assume an infinite supply of capable leg...