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The National Security commission on Artificial Intelligence conference. We hear from the chief Technology Officer for the u. S. And talks about the importance of Artificial Intelligence and some of the potential pitfalls. We will resume so that everyone can get over to the alcohol as soon as possible after mac i should note since this is being filmed that that alcohol was not purchased with Government Funds but instead was the funds of a Catholic University so you know its an open bar. [laughter] we are really honored to close out the day with one of my heroes, chief Te ....
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy . Well, now we are in a darker, more cynical place. The digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. Have the corporate titans of tech failed us . Well, my guest today is brad smith, president of microsoft. How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good, not harm . Brad smith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, nice to be here. You have served an extraordinary amount of time at microsoft, the best part of three decades. You have seen the evolution of our attitudes toward Information Technology and the internet in particular. I have referred to the sort of great positivity, the optimism, in the early years. Wo ....
Including the uk, france, germany, people came together in paris last year to sign a new Cyber Security agreement. All 28 members of the european union, 25 of 27 nato members, the us was missing, but progress is advancing. But address my wider point about other people missing. In 2017, if i had been in a british hospital and had Computer Systems wiped out by a malware attack that came from north korea, it would be no great consolation to know that the scandinavians have signed up to a Geneva Convention for internet safety. What youre not telling me is, while we can continue to have any confidence in the security of our data, of our information flows, when we know there are people in north korea, russia, china, and a host of other countries committed to developing ever more sophisticated cyber warfare. But that is ex ....
Of a global clash of values now on bbc news its hardtalk authoritarianism against freedom. With stephen sackur. Im mariko 0i, in hong kong, where a new working week is just beginning, but what will welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Remember the time when the internet the protestors next move be . Was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age un investigators speak for the first time of of knowledge, freedom and democracy . Their shock and horror listening to murdered journalist well, now we are in a darker, more cynical place. The digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. Have the corporate titans of tech failed us . Well, my guest today is brad smith, president of microsoft. How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good, not harm . Brad smith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, nice to be here. You have served an extraordinary amount of time at microsoft, the best pa ....