Cerf's up! "Reversal of fortune also favors the bold," notes ACM TPC's vinton g cerf in Protocol Braintrust's latest Big Question: What's the biggest effect a recession could have on tech policy? "The right perspective can turn one into opportunities...." bit.ly/TruerWords!

Just out, #ACMTechBrief Issue 4 (July '22) sounds a timely alarm: "Focus on the code-breaking implications of future #quantumcomputers has obscured the impending viability, and potential consequences, of #quantumsimulation #technology." Catch it today! bit.ly/3BuHXvl

#Voter confidence and #election accuracy will be critical on #ElectionDay in the US and abroad. Computer-aided confirmation of vote tallies can help assure both. Read all about it in bit.ly/ACMTechBrief #5 on "risk-limiting audits," out today. bit.ly/RLAsWork!

#AI is everywhere today, outpacing policies globally to govern its use in all aspects of life. Today’s ACM global Tech Policy Council Statement on Responsible Algorithmic Systems offers nine keys to fair, accurate, and positive algorithmic decision-making. bit.ly/ACMAIPrinciples

Congrats to ACM Tech Policy Council Chair Jim Hendler, quoted with other Congressional, industry, and public sector leaders by the The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (White House Office of Science & Technology Policy) on its AI Bill of Rights. #Algorithms #ArtificalIntelligence whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-o…

ACM Public Policy's new bit.ly/ACMAIPrinciples will ground the next #HotTopics webinar. Join ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee & EuropeTPC experts with guest Lorena Jaume-Palasi Lorena Jaume-Palasí of Ethical Tech Society to explore our complex #ArtificialIntelligence-fueled future! Register @ bit.ly/FairAIHotTopic #Algorithms

Don't miss ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee member Dr. Dr. Lance Eliot's great piece in Forbes all about our new, updated bit.ly/ACMAIPrinciples and register for Thursday's bit.ly/FairAIHotTopic webinar about them! #ArtificiaIIntelligence #AIethics #selfdriving #AI #autonomousvehicles #Algorithms #policy

Congratulations to just-named ACM Fellows, Technology Policy Council Vice Chair Michel Beaudoin-Lafon and Europe Technology Policy Committee member Manuel Hermenegildo!

Much better to get it right from the beginning, says ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee’s #AI & #Algorithms Subcommittee Chair @Jeanna_Matthews in this new InformationWeek piece on emerging bit.ly/TekEthics, also with a great shout out to our Nov. '22 bit.ly/ACMAIPrinciples. #AIethics Pam Baker

"Perfectly safe #algorithm[ic] systems are not possible [but] safer systems are" and must be shaped by policymakers worldwide now, says ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee's Ben Shneiderman (Ben Shneiderman) in the latest ACM TechBrief, out today. Find the Brief and more at bit.ly/safersystems #AI #policy

ACM's global Technology Policy Council, EuropeTPC, and ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee again proudly champion 2023 @DataPrivacyWeek and Data Privacy Day. For 25+ years ACM has forged benchmark #privacy principles (tinyurl.com/tsxmyty) to help all National Cybersecurity Alliance (bit.ly/2U0AIp7). #StaySafe

Check out this AM's The Hill OpEd by ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee's Ben Shneiderman (Ben Shneiderman) spotlighting January's Association for Computing Machinery TechBrief #6 on Safer Algorithmic Systems bit.ly/timeforanNASB #AI #policy

Last spring, 180+ disabilities rights groups and ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee asked DoJ DOJ Civil Rights Division to write rules for what makes a government website compliant with the #ADA. It worked! Register at bit.ly/WebAccessHotTo… now to learn more, and how you can help, tonight at 5 EST! #acccessibility

Don't miss Chair Jeremy Epstein 🇨🇿 (that's a Czech not a check) Epstein's letter for ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee on Sunday 3/12's Washington Washington Post Opinions page noting that the Committee's June 2020 bit.ly/FaceRecStmt is more relevant than ever. #privacy #facialrecognition #AI washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

ACMers make up 5% of the Time Top 100 in AI! Congratulations all!!!

#GenAI use "can be unwise, unjust, and unsafe" says new tinyurl.com/ACMTechBrief8: #GenerativeAI, featuring arresting stats, policy implications, and key conclusions for lawmakers, press, and public. Congrats to authors The Alan Turing Institute's David Leslie & AAAI's Francesca Rossi!

Don't trust AI? You're not alone, says ACM's latest TechBrief: "Trusted AI." Such trust is vital, but engineers and proposed regs may be on the wrong track to building and gauging it. What to do? Read the Brief, of course! dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114…

6 yrs since #GDPR in full effect. Broad US privacy bill mired in Congress & we still "face unprecedented challenges to protecting information privacy" per Association for Computing Machinery's new TechBrief #11 by Micah Altman, Aloni Cohen, and Kobbi Nissim. Check it now! dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.114…

Europe’s data centers and AI are bumping up against EU Climate Commitments. ACM’s EURTPC new roadmap calls for: 🔹 PUE ≤ 1.2 🔹 Waste heat reuse 🔹 Lifecycle CO₂ tracking 🔹 Transparent energy KPIs #DataCenters #ACM #DigitalEU acm.org/binaries/conte…