The unstoppable ascent of AI
Two separate decisions in Dublin and Washington demonstrate how far the pullback on AI oversight has gone — and why that is now the new normal.
IT'S MONDAY, AND THIS IS DIGITAL POLITICS. I'm Mark Scott, and I'll be in Berlin this week at the Re:publica conference. Drop me a line if you're also in town. I'll be on stage on May 28 at 4:15pm CET / 10:15am ET to talk about boosting transparency and accountability for social media.
— The United States and Europe are making it easier for artificial intelligence companies to operate with fewer checks and less oversight.
— A recent court decision just made it safer to ship data between the EU and US. That does not change the superficial status quo of transatlantic data flows.
— Full-blown 'digital sovereignty' may cost the global economy as much as a 4.5 percent reduction in individual countries' gross domestic product.
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