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The Global Battle to Regulate AI is Just Beginning
The lobbying by Big Tech companies, including Alphabet and Microsoft, is something that lawmakers worldwide will need to be wary of, says Sarah Myers West, managing director of the AI Now Institute, another think tank. “I think we're seeing an emerging playbook for how they're trying to tilt the policy environment in their favor,” she says.
Wired
May 8, 2023
Prime moment for intervention in AI as power lies largely in the hands of big tech firms: Former AI adviser to US FTC
Last week, the White House summoned top tech leaders to discuss safeguards. CNA’s Steve Lai and Julie Yoo spoke to former AI adviser to the US Federal Trade Commission and current managing director of the AI Now Institute, Sarah Myers West, on what regulators need to do to shape the direction of generative AI and why it is critical for users to better understand this technology.
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May 8, 2023
The Global Race to Regulate AI
“The national context in which the regulation is being deployed matters an awful lot,” said Myers West. “So to the extent that the [EU’s] AI Act is going to become a template for other countries to adopt, it’s also important to look at the constitutional protection, the rights, the democratic context of the nation employing the the laws, because particularly with this risk-based approach, it won’t necessarily port neatly into other kinds of jurisdictions.”
Foreign Policy
May 5, 2023
Joe Biden Wants Hackers’ Help to Keep AI Chatbots in Check
We just can’t afford to confuse the right noises for enforceable regulation right now,” West says.
Wired
May 4, 2023
Experts say AI poses ‘extinction’ level of risk, as Congress seeks legislative response
Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West, two former FTC officials, said in a report published last month that the FTC has existing authority relating to antitrust and consumer harm to regulate the fast-growing artificial intelligence tech sector even without new legislation.
Roll Call
May 1, 2023
Generative AI risks concentrating Big Tech’s power. Here’s how to stop it.
If regulators don’t act now, the generative AI boom will concentrate Big Tech’s power even further. That’s the central argument of a new report from research institute AI Now.
Apr 18, 2023
Opinion | Competition authorities need to move fast and break up AI
Unless regulators act, Big Tech’s dominance over the digital economy will be cemented
Financial Times
Apr 17, 2023
Finally, a realistic roadmap for getting AI companies in check
In a new report, the AI Now Institute — a research center studying the social implications of artificial intelligence — offers a roadmap that specifies exactly which steps policymakers can take. It’s refreshingly pragmatic and actionable, thanks to the government experience of authors Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West.
Vox
Apr 12, 2023
The Technology 202: Former FTC advisors urge swift action to counteract ‘AI hype’
Authored by two former advisers to FTC Chair Lina Khan, Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West, the paper offers a glimpse into how key tech regulators may respond to Silicon Valley’s soaring interest in AI
The Washington Post
Apr 11, 2023
AI Isn’t Omnipotent. It’s Janky. – an interview with Amba Kak
Everybody’s talking about futuristic risks, the singularity, existential risk. They’re distracting from the fact that the thing that really scares these companies is regulation. Regulation today.
The Atlantic
Apr 3, 2023
500 Top Technologists and Elon Musk Demand Immediate Pause of Advanced AI Systems
"But here’s what’s key to understand about Chat GPT and other similar large language models: they’re not in any way actually reflecting the depth of understanding of human language—they’re mimicking its form.”
Gizmodo
Mar 29, 2023
As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology
“The picture in Congress is bleak,” said Amba Kak, the executive director of the AI Now Institute, a nonprofit research center, who recently advised the F.T.C. “The stakes are high because these tools are used in very sensitive social domains like in hiring, housing and credit, and there is real evidence that over the years, A.I. tools have been flawed and biased.”
The New York Times
Mar 3, 2023
The Mimic: How will ChatGPT change everyday life? Sarah Myers West on artificial intelligence and human resilience.
West expects this latest version to affect certain industries significantly—but, she says, as uncanny as ChatGPT’s emulation of human writing is, it’s still capable of only a very small subset of functions previously requiring human intelligence. This isn’t to say it represents no meaningful problems, but to West, its future—and the future of artificial intelligence altogether—will be shaped less by the technology itself and more by what humanity does to determine its use.
The Signal
Jan 17, 2023
FTC Chair Khan Brings on AI Policy Advice From NYU Researchers
"Khan announced Friday that NYU’s Meredith Whittaker, Amba Kak, and Sarah Myers West are joining an AI strategy group within the FTC’s Office of Policy Planning.
Bloomberg Law
Nov 19, 2021
