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June 15, 2023June 15, 2023

How to Regulate AI? Start With the Data

We live in an era of data dichotomy. On one hand, AI developers rely on large data sets to “train” their systems about the world and respond to user questions. These data troves have become increasingly valuable and visible. On the other hand, despite the import of data, U.S. policy makers don’t view data governance as a vehicle to regulate AI.

The Dangers of AI Nationalism and Beggar-Thy-Neighbour Policies

by saaronso | May 5, 2025 | AI, Publications, Research

As they attempt to nurture and govern AI, some nations are acting in ways that – with or without direct intent – discriminate among foreign market actors. For example, some governments are excluding foreign firms from access to incentives for high-speed computing, or...

Talking to a Brick Wall: The US Government’s Response to Public Comments on AI

by saaronso | Apr 28, 2025 | AI, Publications

April 28, 2025 Building trust in artificial intelligence (AI) is an elusive goal, especially if AI models are closed or partially open, making it difficult for users to determine if these models are reliable, fair or trustworthy. For this reason, the Biden...

US Import Tariffs Will Hurt Americans, Too

by saaronso | Feb 12, 2025 | Publications

February 12, 2025 A tractor is parked beside a greenhouse in Kingsville, Ontario, Canada, February 4, 2025. A 25 percent US tariff on farm imports from Canada would be devastating for the agricultural sector (Carlos Osorio/REUTERS) US President Donald Trump views...

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March 6, 2023March 27, 2023

Building Trust in AI: A Landscape Analysis of Government AI Programs

As countries around the world expand their use of artificial intelligence (AI), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has developed the most comprehensive website on AI policy, the OECD.AI Policy Observatory.

Although the website covers public policies on AI, Aaronson found that many governments failed to evaluate or report on their AI initiatives. This lack of reporting is a missed opportunity for policy makers to learn from their programs (the author found that less than one percent of the programs listed on the OECD.AI website had been evaluated).

In addition, Aaronson found discrepancies between what governments said they were doing on the OECD.AI website and what they reported on their own websites. In some cases, there was no evidence of government actions; in other cases, links to government sites did not work. Evaluations of AI policies are important because they help governments demonstrate how they are building trust in both AI and AI governance and that policy makers are accountable to their fellow citizens.

The Dangers of AI Nationalism and Beggar-Thy-Neighbour Policies

by saaronso | May 5, 2025 | AI, Publications, Research

Talking to a Brick Wall: The US Government’s Response to Public Comments on AI

by saaronso | Apr 28, 2025 | AI, Publications

US Import Tariffs Will Hurt Americans, Too

by saaronso | Feb 12, 2025 | Publications

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February 20, 2019January 30, 2023

America’s uneven approach to AI and its consequences

The ecological balance of the ocean has been disturbed by invasive species and cholera. Many pesticides and nutrients used in agriculture end up in the coastal waters, resulting in oxygen depletion that kills marine plants and shellfish. Meanwhile the supply of fish is declining due to overfishing. Yet to flourish, humankind requires healthy oceans; the oceans generate half of the oxygen we breathe, and, at any given moment, they contain more than 97% of the world’s water. Oceans provide at least a sixth of the animal protein people eat. Living oceans absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and reduce climate change impacts.

The Dangers of AI Nationalism and Beggar-Thy-Neighbour Policies

by saaronso | May 5, 2025 | AI, Publications, Research

Talking to a Brick Wall: The US Government’s Response to Public Comments on AI

by saaronso | Apr 28, 2025 | AI, Publications

US Import Tariffs Will Hurt Americans, Too

by saaronso | Feb 12, 2025 | Publications

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November 30, 2018January 30, 2023

Data Minefield? How AI Is Prodding Governments to Rethink Trade in Data

Many of the world’s leaders are focused on the opportunities presented by AI — the machines, that, u systems or applications that can perform tasks

until recently, could only be performed by a human. In September 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Russian schoolchildren, “Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world (Putin quoted in RT.com 2017). Many countries, including Canada, China, the United States and EU member states, are competing to both lead the development of AI and dominate markets for AI.

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