Joanna Bryson2d ago
New Chinese AI Governance white paper, from two days ago english.scio.gov.cn/whitepapers/... #AISE26 Chinese ambassador just talked about it, seems to carry on from the French/Indian #AIAction philosophy, not the transhumanist/regulatory evasive #AISafety one.

Full text: More Just and Equit...
Full text: More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China's Principles, Proposals and Actions

Show threadJoanna Bryson2d ago
Woah, France also just announced at least four major, expensive initiatives including a centre for excellence on ai governance in the military domain, but the other three for france. #AISE26
Show threadJoanna Bryson2d ago
This is a "mini panel" not in the programme. There was another such just before where Russia, Brazil, and Egypt just before where Egypt particularly but I think all of them insisted that there should not be regional innovation on AI governance, so it's kind of funny to hear this now #AISE26 1/2
Show threadJoanna Bryson2d ago
I have always thought we need regions to differentiate, not only because of their different capacities and threats, but also because my greatest concern is regulatory capture by near-global transnational entities. But Egypt's biggest concern was people claiming exceptionalism and evading law #AISE26
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It sounds like the fourth initiative announced by Anne Lazar Sury will be at @[email protected] ? A centre of excellence here for the #AISE26 topic #AISecurityEthics ? Makes me more concerned about the relatively heavy US (and also British) hand at this meeting (cf @[email protected] )
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Show threadJoanna Bryson2d ago
Argh, sounds like #g7 came down on the side of #ageVerification, which is a disaster for children and democratic discourse, cf the hashtag (if you click it you can ask for my previous posts). #AISE26 See also this academic letter on the topic edri.org/our-work/ope...

Open letter: The dangers of ag...
Open letter: The dangers of age verification proposals to fundamental rights online - European Digital Rights (EDRi)

On 16 September, EDRi and 63 organisations, academics and experts in privacy, encryption, child safety, sex workers' rights and consumer rights issued a joint statement urging the European Commission to prioritise effective child safety measures while expressing serious concerns about the suitability, proportionality, and negative impact on fundamental rights of current age verification proposals.

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