To paraphrase Ernest Hemingway, governance of artificial intelligence (AI) has developed gradually, and then all at once. The second half of 2023 saw dizzying advances in AI governance. These rapid developments have shown that countries all around the world, despite geopolitical and cultural barriers, are coming together to face risks from AI. At the United … Read more
The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Jeff Alstott – founding director of the Center for Technology and Security Policy (TASP) and a professor of policy analysis at Pardee RAND Graduate School – is … Read more
Videos | Economy | East Asia From the AI Safety Summit to the Global AI Governance Initiative, how is China’s approach to AI shaping up? As artificial intelligence (AI) technology surges forward, governments around the world are scrambling to keep pace. The debate over how and why to regulate AI is heating up – and as a global leader … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that potential risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) are challenges that countries should deal with together, remarks that come against the backdrop of China’s launching of a new global initiative on AI governance and a major international summit on AI risks. Xi’s prerecorded speech was broadcast at the opening … Read more
Advertisement Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken center stage in today’s global technology competition, especially since the commercial launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT a year ago. Now the race to technological leadership among companies and nations has been extended to the sphere of regulations and rule-setting, with national leaders and politicians proclaiming that they do not want … Read more
Advertisement In a previous article, we introduced India’s AI regulation dilemma. The Indian government has weighed a non-regulatory approach, emphasizing the need to innovate, promote, and adapt to the rapid advancement of AI technologies, with a more cautious one, focusing on the risks associated with AI, notably job displacement, misuse of data, and other unintended consequences. … Read more
Advertisement As artificial intelligence (AI) barrels into every facet of life, its relentless momentum brings escalating perils. Differing attitudes toward governance have forked the policy roadmaps of two AI superpowers: China and the United States. With the most advanced AI capabilities and industries globally, both countries set influential norms that ripple worldwide. Their regulations carry … Read more
Blogs | Economy | East Asia The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has had a tough awakening that it needs to balance control and censorship with freedom for technological development. Advertisement China’s finalized rules for generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), effective from August 15, are considerably less restrictive than a draft version that had circulated previously. This shows that authorities, … Read more
Advertisement Achieving consensus on a legal issue within the international community is nothing short of a monumental task, to put it mildly. But the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018 managed to defy the odds, resonating with nations far and wide. Its goal – to harmonize and bolster data privacy across Europe … Read more