Tag: artificial intelligence

• Data Brokers Need Reining In, and the FTC Needs the Authority to Do It By David Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer The data broker industry has long been the bottom feeding portion of the growing data economy. They purport to be innovators but are in fact nothing more than malicious profiteers. Recent high-profile misuses of personal data have shown how dangerous this largely unregulated category of companies has become. The Federal...
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• Intel Talks the Future of Artificial Intelligence at Hub.Berlin By Mario Romao, Global Director of Health and Data Policy On April 10 in Berlin, Germany at hub.berlin, Amir Khosrowshahi, Intel Artificial Intelligence Vice-President & Chief Technology Officer and Abigail Wen, Counsel for Office of the AI CTO staged a conversation on “The Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence: Innovations, Investments and Strategies”. The conversation addressed the current status of...
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• 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 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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• Intel Participates in A Conversation about Ethical AI at the Brookings Institute Last Friday, Intel’s Heather Patterson, PhD, a Senior Research Scientist in Intel Labs, participated in a panel dialogue hosted by the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institute. The conversation concerned ethical implications raised by artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on the roles and responsibilities of industry and government in ensuring the responsible design, development, and deployment of AI. Central...
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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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• Europe, AI, and Genomics – Big Topics Discussed at Digital Day 2018 By Mario Romao, Global Director, Health and Data Policy April 10th was a big day for the digital ambitions of Europe. We saw leaders from 25 nations signing a Declaration of Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence (AI), committing to join forces to advance research and deployment of AI, without forgetting the social, economic, ethical, and legal aspects. And a couple of...
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• Changing the AI Policy Game Requires Changing the Rules By David Hoffman, Associate General Counsel and Global Privacy Officer Chairman Hurd's House Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Information Technology has scheduled a hearing on artificial intelligence for Wednesday, Feb 14 at 2 PM EST. The hearing is aptly named “Game Changers.” There’s no question that AI will be a game changer; the question is, what kind? In his...
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