Many fights for #AlgorithmicTransparency focused on accessing code, but there’s more: Who builds these systems? Who are the providers? Are they independently evaluated? That’s why #AlgorithmRegisters are a key demand for accountability. So far, only France, Finland, the UK, Norway and Germany have official ones.
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Ah, algorithmic transparency, what I told the European Parliament was the next step they should take after GDPR. Better six years late than never. Hey, maybe in another decade they’ll even consider implementing a General Data Minimisation Regulation (GDMR).
https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/
#regulation #EU #GDPR #GDMR #algorithmicTransparency #dataMinimisation https://mamot.fr/@davduf/113845060326024724
"While the Executive Branch pushes agencies to leverage private AI expertise, our concern is that more and more information on how those AI models work will be cloaked in the nigh-impenetrable veil of government secrecy. Because AI operates by collecting and processing a tremendous amount of data, understanding what information it retains and how it arrives at conclusions will all become incredibly central to how the national security state thinks about issues. This means not only will the state likely make the argument that the AI’s training data may need to be classified, but they may also argue that companies need to, under penalty of law, keep the governing algorithms secret as well.
As the memo says, “AI has emerged as an era-defining technology and has demonstrated significant and growing relevance to national security. The United States must lead the world in the responsible application of AI to appropriate national security functions.” As the US national security state attempts to leverage powerful commercial AI to give it an edge, there are a number of questions that remain unanswered about how much that ever-tightening relationship will impact much needed transparency and accountability for private AI and for-profit automated decision making systems."
#USA #CyberSecurity #Surveillance #AI #AlgorithmicTransparency
As the US national security state attempts to leverage powerful commercial AI to give it an edge, there are a number of questions that remain unanswered about how much that ever-tightening relationship will impact much needed transparency and accountability for private AI and for-profit automated decision making systems.
Landlords' usage of proprietary price-setting algorithms are the subject of several antitrust lawsuits by the feds and other jurisdictions nationwide.
How much has that impacted rental prices in #Chicago?
A great intro from my WBEZ colleagues Amy Qin and Angela Padejski:
https://www.wbez.org/data/2024/10/22/chicagos-rental-crisis-is-an-algorithm-rigging-the-system
#Housing #RentalPrices #HousingAffordability #AlgorithmicTransparency #AlgorithmicAccountability
Who are the best European digital influencers talking about #AI and #digitalpolicy?
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Digital trade: U.S. wants more policy space
The U.S. will end support for some World Trade Organisation (WTO) e-commerce proposals. They want policy space for a digital trade rethink, Inside U.S. Trade reports.
The U.S. dropped support for the most extreme proposals and moves closer to the EU’s position. This is good news, as fundamental rights and the integrity of our institutions are at stake.
#EU #USTR #eCommerce #DataProtection #AlgorithmicTransparency
I gave #OpenAI two facial images and asked for an accurate description of each. I specified it should be accurate enough so that an artist would be able to draw the face based on it. Both images were of people with similar ages and ethnic background.
The description of the male face implied "wisdom", that the person tends to smile/laugh, and complimented their looks.
The female face description only described what you could actually see, in a clinical way.
EU Regulations to Tackle Large AI Models - What Does This Mean for the Future of AI?
https://cointelegraph.com/news/eu-regulations-large-ai-models
#AIregulations #EU #technologynews #AI #artificialintelligence #bigdata #dataprivacy #ethicalAI #machinelearning #techpolicy #digitaltransformation #innovation #futureofAI #algorithmictransparency
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