Category: Policy
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Debunking a Myth About Innovation and Standards
By Greg Slater, Vice-President, Policy and Technical Affairs and Earl Nied, Program Director, Standards and Intellectual Property Rights Everyone knows that a great idea means nothing if it never turns into a reality. This sentiment forms the core of Steve Jobs’ famed maxim, “Real artists ship!” However, a myth persists in some patent policy circles that a clear distinction supposedly exists between “innovator”...
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Singapore, U.S. Jointly Promote Cross-Border Data Flow
Intel has long urged governments to promote access to data. Singapore and the U.S. are both walking the talk. On February 6, 2020, officials from Singapore’s Monetary Authority and U.S. Department of Treasury convened in Singapore to discuss the importance of the free-flow of data across international borders, specifically with respect to financial services (FinTech). The two countries ultimately issued...
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Nivruti Rai announces Intel’s support for the Government of India’s Global AI Summit to drive towards a global AI ecosystem that is “Innovative, Trusted and Inclusive”
By Derek Waxman (Global Director, Artificial Intelligence Policy) and Ananthanarayanan Shanmugam (Director, India Government Affairs & Public Policy) The Government of India will host a Global AI Summit, to be held in New Delhi on April 11th & 12th, 2020. This invitation-only event will convene leaders from around the world who share a common interest in utilizing the potential...
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Towards a European strategy for AI in Healthcare
Leading to 2020 several European countries have launched their national AI strategies, the European Commission put forward a European approach to Artificial Intelligence, a Coordinated Plan on Artificial Intelligence "Made in Europe", laid out the path for Building Trust in Human Centric Artificial Intelligence and set up a High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI HLEG) which presented their Policy...
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AI brings hope in solving India’s Healthcare Challenges
By Mario Romao and Dr. Ramanathan Sethuraman Artificial Intelligence continues to make headlines all over the World, with nations launching AI Strategies, devising policies to bring AI benefits to the economy. Invariably, these strategies highlight the potential of AI to meet the challenges that healthcare systems face to ensure timely, high quality access to care for their citizens. And in...
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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 mandates through efficient requests for...
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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 Principles”. Japan has also brought...
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U.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 companies located in the other...
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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 in a privacy legislation panel...
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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 and regulation. Citizen concerns like...
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