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AI

Major survey highlights Europeans’ fears over AI

Less than 20% of Europeans believe that current laws “efficiently regulate” artificial intelligence, and 56% have low trust in authorities to exert effective control over the technology, according to a […]

UK data strategy signals new cross-government standards

The UK government has published its National Data Strategy, setting out a series of actions to drive progress on civil service data management. Published by the Department for Digital, Culture, […]

Former Google chief: US spending key to winning AI race against China

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said the US government must pour more funding into artificial intelligence (AI) research if it is to avert Chinese dominance in the field. Speaking […]

South African president condemns COVID procurements corruption

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned corruption in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party related to the procurement of COVID-19 equipment, and suggested addressing the problem through transparency, […]

Indonesia publishes AI strategy

The Indonesian government has introduced a national strategy that will guide the country in developing artificial intelligence (AI) between 2020 and 2045. The country is to focus its AI projects […]

Saudi Arabia signs off on Artificial Intelligence policy

King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has approved Saudi Arabia’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, which is expected to contribute an estimated 500 billion riyals (US$133 billion) to gross domestic product (GDP) by […]

New Zealand launches government algorithm standards

New Zealand has produced a set of standards designed to guide government use of algorithms and to improve data transparency and accountability, in what it claims is a world first. […]

Oxford University launches AI and good governance commission

The Oxford Internet Institute has launched a new commission to advise world leaders on effective ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in public administration. The Oxford Commission […]

Council of Europe starts work on legally-binding AI treaty

The Council of Europe is working on a future legal framework to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) across all 47 member states. The Council’s Ad hoc Committee on […]

Australia considers bar on offshoring of personal data

The Australian government is considering legislating to ensure that all sensitive government data is held in Australian data centres owned by domestic companies, minister for government services Stuart Robert said […]