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Unlocking US Government Data for Social Good - By Derek Waxman (Global Policy Director, Artificial Intelligence), and Chloe Autio (AI & Privacy Policy Analyst) Earlier this year, the OPEN (Open, Public, Electronic, Necessary) Government Data Act was signed into law. Primarily, the act mandates that US government data be made publicly available in machine readable format and that government...
read moreIntel Speaks with Canada’s CIO about AI, Data, & Cloud - By Clifton Roberts, Global Director of Cloud & Data Policy On July 16, Mr. Alex Benay, Canada’s Chief Information Officer, joined David Hoffman and Intel’s Governments, Markets, & Trade Group for its inaugural Virtual Speaker Series where he outlined his vision for Canada’s continued evolution into a global digital economy. While Benay reminded us that...
read moreHow Finland is pioneering the use of health data for secondary purposes - By Mario Romao, Health and AI Policy Can we envisage a future where, for secondary use, the efficient and secure processing of health and social data collected during the provision of social and healthcare is made possible, at scale and under the requirements of the GDPR? Yes, according to Finland. This Nordic nation and European...
read moreWhite House Hears from Intel on Federal Data Strategy Action Plan - By Clifton Roberts, Global Director, Cloud and Data Policy Times are changing. In the past, the notion of government data being released to the public was not only antithetical to U.S. government policy, but was illegal. Today, we are witnessing a significant shift in the government’s view on the matter. Aligned with Intel’s position that...
read moreNIST Collects Input to Outline Standardization Priorities in AI and to Make Sense of a Complex Technology Field - By Claire Vishik, Intel Fellow, and Riccardo Masucci, Global Director of Privacy One of the considerations for a technology area that is expected to gain considerable importance is the development of international standards to ensure global interoperability and harmonization. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not an exception. A number of efforts in technical standardization have already...
read moreIntel urges the Supreme Court to enshrine civil rights protections for LGBT+ people - By Steven R. Rodgers, Executive Vice President and General Counsel An important moment is on the horizon. This October, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether US LGBT+ workers are protected under Title VII of the US Civil Rights Act of 1964, a federal law that protects employees from workplace discrimination, harassment,...
read moreUSMCA reflects the modernizing trade landscape - By Lisa Malloy, Head of U.S. Government Relations, Intel Last week, Mexico became the first country to ratify the new North American trade deal, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The agreement modernizes a 25-year-old agreement in an environment where so much has changed...
read moreA vision for AI: Innovative, Trusted and Inclusive - By Mario Romao and Derek Waxman, AI Policy Da Jia Hao! – Good morning to all – it was with these words that Abigail Wen from Intel’s Artificial Intelligence Products Group opened her presentation “Top AI breakthroughs you need to know about” at the Artificial Intelligence Conference, co-presented by O’Reilly Media and Intel Corporation held...
read moreSecond Trust in Digital Life (TDL) Roundtable on AI: Building Trust Remains Top Priority to Address - By Claire Vishik, Intel Fellow and Riccardo Masucci, Global Director of Privacy Trust in Digital Life (TDL) is an association comprising leading industry partners and knowledge institutes to improve digital technologies and services to the benefit of citizens, businesses and society. Intel has been a board member of TDL and engaged over the past years in a...
read moreJROTC Bill A Step Toward a More Diverse STEM Workforce - By Lisa Malloy, Head of U.S. Government Relations, Intel Last week, Representatives Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Rob Bishop (UT-01), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Conor Lamb (PA-17) and Michael Waltz (FL-06) took an important step to help our government secure critical skills needed for the jobs of the future by introducing the JROTC Cyber Training Act, legislation...
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