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Intel Files Amicus Brief to Protect the Rights of Content Creators in the Digital Era - The protections provided by copyright law incentivize individuals to create content for enjoyment by all. Over the past two decades, Intel has leveraged its technological expertise to ensure that copyrighted audio-visual works—like motion pictures, television shows, and video games—can be legally distributed and enjoyed throughout the world without fear of copyright infringement and without burdening...
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Intel’s Investment in Water Stewardship - By Steve Harper, Global Director, Environment and Energy Policy, Intel On October 30, I had the honor to testify before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Water and Power Subcommittee at the invitation of Subcommittee Chairwoman, Martha McSally (R-AZ). The focus...
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US, UK CLOUD Act Agreement an E.A.R.F.U.L.L., Literally - Since congress passed the Clarifying Law of Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act in March of 2018, Intel has advocated for the prompt certification of CLOUD Act Executive Agreements with foreign governments that would optimize opportunities abroad for our most prominent cloud service provider (CSP) customers. Such agreements would mitigate issues like data & server localization...
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Towards an AI-Ready Society – with a glimpse into healthcare AI - On October 2nd in Tokyo, Adobe and Intel hosted the event “Towards an AI-Ready Society for improving our lives” with the patronage of the US Embassy in Japan. Japan was one of the first countries developing an AI strategy, and creating detailed guidance on “Social principles of Human-centric AI”, “AI R&D Principles” and “AI Utilization...
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R&D Spending is Critical to U.S. Economic Health and the Future of Technology - By Sharon Heck, Corporate Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Tax Officer, Intel; Chair, R&D Coalition The backbone of many of our nation’s greatest technological feats over the last 50 years have been made possible by strong investment in Research...
read moreU.S. and U.K. Sign Historic Data Access Agreement Under CLOUD Act - Intel commends the United States and United Kingdom for signing a historic data access agreement under the CLOUD (Clarifying Law of Overseas Access to Data) Act. Under the Executive Agreement, the first under the Act, the U.S. and U.K. will be able – in cases of serious crime – to demand electronic data from technology...
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#ThePrivacyDebate: Calling for Congress to Act - By David Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer Summer is over and the Congressional recess has passed, yet we still have not seen a federal privacy bill. Partly due to Congress’s slow progress, those who care about privacy are becoming more vocal in calling for action. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of participating...
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Intel Urges Whitehouse OMB to Prioritize Release of Healthcare Data - On July 10th, 2019, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to identify “needs for additional access to (or improvements in the quality of) Federal data and models that would improve U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D) and testing efforts." Under the February 11, 2019...
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Reimagining Public Data to Advance AI: Maximizing Insights from Federal Data - The U.S. Federal Data Strategy is well-aligned with Intel’s recommendations that new regulatory initiatives should be comprehensive and technology-neutral, support the free flow of data, and promote access to data while liberating data responsibly. Intel has been, and remains, committed to helping accelerate federal agencies’ responses to make their datasets publicly available, unleashing innovative, trusted,...
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Innovation, Automation, & Global Public Policy Trends - By Trish Damkroger, VP/GM Extreme Computing Group & Clifton Roberts, Global Director Cloud & Data Policy According to an Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) Observatory of Public Sector Innovation (OPSI) review of over 58 countries, governments around the world are dealing with technology that is evolving faster than the speed of policy development...
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