Category: Policy

• What New US Export Controls Await in 2019? By Jeff Rittener, Vice President, Global Trade and Clifton Roberts, Director, Cloud Policy Growth in emerging tech and increased national security checks made 2018 a year of policy-related activities regarding new export controls for certain new technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). First, on August 13, 2018, the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) was signed into law. Under this act, the...
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• Reflections on the Impact of AI on the Workforce By Mario Romao, Director, Health and Data Policy During the “Towards a good AI society” Summit that was held on November 6-7 at the European Parliament in Brussels, I had the pleasure to sit on a panel under the theme “Workforce and the Digital Industry”. The objective was to discuss the potential impact of AI on the workforce. This is an...
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• Intel Solicits Feedback on U.S. Privacy Law Proposal By: David A. Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer Intel is experimenting with a new approach to participatory democracy. We have created a website on which we have posted our recommended draft for a comprehensive U.S. privacy law. The website has a portion where privacy law experts are providing feedback on the draft, and for the public to...
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• Intel Lays Out Vision on Artificial Intelligence in Europe By Mario Romao, Director EU Data Policy On 18 October in Brussels, Stéphane Negre, President of Intel France, gave a keynote interview at Forum Europe’s Artificial Intelligence Conference. Moderated by Mr. Paul Adamson, Forum Europe’s Chairman, Stéphane Negre was joined by Mr Nikos Pappas, Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media of Greece. Minister Pappas discussed the role of the...
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• Rethinking Privacy in the Age of AI By David Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer and Riccardo Masucci, Global Director of Privacy People are talking about AI’s enormous potential in life-enhancing and potentially life-saving technologies: precision medicine, disease detection, driving assistance, increased productivity, workplace safety, better access to education and more. At Intel we are developing many of these technologies, and we are focused on...
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• Congress Recognizes Telehealth as Critical to Access Substance Abuse Treatment By Jennifer Esposito, Intel’s Worldwide General Manager, Health and Life Sciences Group Right now, the President has the tremendous opportunity to sign into law the Support for Patients and Communities Act, a comprehensive approach to fighting the opioids epidemic that is hurting so many American families. Contained in the legislation is a recognition of the value of telehealth in reaching...
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• NITI Aayog, TIFR and Intel Establish International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence By Derek Waxman, Director, Public Policy, Artificial Intelligence and Client Computing NITI Aayog, Intel and TIFR collaborate to set up a model International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) aiming to solve major challenges in India. The center will focus on application-based AI research in healthcare, agriculture and smart mobility. NITI Aayog, Intel and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research...
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• Intel Looks to the Next 50 Years: Building the Future with Government and Industry Alike By Greg R. Pearson, Global Policy Officer, Senior Vice President at Intel Last week we celebrated Intel’s 50th Anniversary. On July 18th, 50 years ago, Intel was founded by semiconductor pioneers Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore in Santa Clara, California. Over the next five decades, the company evolved from memory maker to CPU innovator, introduced a generation to personal computers, and...
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• Pushing the U.S. Forward in the Race to 5G By Asha Keddy, vice president in the Technology, Systems Architecture & Client Group and general manager, Next Generation and Standards This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider spectrum reforms to advance 5G in the U.S. This is a critical step because the 3.7 - 4.2 GHz band in question is part of the mid-band frequencies that are the...
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• Addressing the Opioid Crisis with the Help of Technology Note: This post is based on a discussion hosted by Jennifer Esposito, Intel's Worldwide General Manager, Health and Life Sciences Group, on June 12th, 2018, with ADM Brett P. Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services; David Barash, M.D., Executive Director, Global Health Portfolio and Chief Medical Officer at the GE Foundation; Andrew Sperling,...
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