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Promoting AI for Good
We are happy to announce that the Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age (I4ADA) has aligned its commitment with the International Telecom Union (ITU) to accelerate the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) through AI by joining the AI for Good Global Summit (Geneva) and AI for Good All Year (online) program as a promotion partner.
Interested to join the global discussion how accountable AI can help address one or more ? Please reach out to us.
UNESCO releases global Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms
UNESCO is proud to announce the release of the Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms, available in English, French andSpanish. Arabic, Russian, Chinese and Portuguese will be available soon.
The Guidelines are the result of an extensive and collaborative effort that started in September 2022. It brought together a wide array of stakeholders through three global consultations, including one held during the Internet for Trust conference organized by UNESCO last February.
The consultative process involved the engagement of people from 134 countries, including marginalized and vulnerable groups, generating over 10,000 comments. This made it one of the most extensive consultation projects ever conducted by a UN agency.
WCIT2023 | IDECS
The WCIT | IDECS 2023 summit organized by the WITSA and the Malaysian government toke place last month in Kuching, Borneo. Over 10.000 people attended this summit and brought together a truly global audience of Industry experts and policy makers to discuss the latest developments in ICT but also how to keep control of digital technology.
The Institute for Accountability in the Digital Age was invited to present a keynote on the accountability of AI followed by a panel discussion with local experts. Discussed was that we should not forget that practical applications of AI help to advance the #UN Sustainable Development Goals as demonstrated by #AIforGood. But how to keep AI safe? We first have to be aware how AI is presented in the main media which has influence on how we see technology (a threat or an asset). Furthermore, we have to be aware of the pace of things: how fast AI is developing and how much time it takes to develop policies and guidelines. The difference in speed creates an accountability gap. And at the same time we have to realize we already have more than enough tools & frameworks to govern digital technology. E.g. the OECD – OCDE policy observatory estimates almost 600 tools are available.
So, wat should one do? Don’t point a finger at someone else. Start being accountable by looking in the mirror and ask yourself what can I do to safeguard technology. Just adapt a framework and make it your one. In the mean time, be part of the discussion to help find solutions for a global level. Because ‘If you are not at the table, you are on the menu’.
Moriba Jah – University of Texas
What is space environmentalism? How to make space and the use thereof more sustainable, in particular to address space garbage? Which international or other governance and accountability schemes and mechanism are applicable in that realm? To what extent do these work? Where are the gaps? How to address those gaps? How to increase transparency, predictability and accountability? While also space technology development and the increasing proliferation of space assets are outpacing accountability and Rule of Law development, how to catch up – and keep up? What other parallels can be identified between development concerning space and those concerning the global internet and this Digital Age?
Moriba Jah is a Astrodynamicist and Space Environmentalist who discusses accountability in space and the paralel with the Digital world.