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Mapping the #AI regulatory landscape across 12 African countries. Bev Townsend presents some of the preliminary findings: "All 12 countries have adopted a digital/health/ehealth strategy... However, what is lacking is any guidance in these areas addressing the impact of AI."

Happy to announce that my new commentary series discussing #AI, social change and #GlobalGovernance Global Politics is published! Featuring bi/weekly contributions from... 1/3

...Eva Erman, Markus Furendal, Nick Bernards, Laura Quinteros, Jing Cheng, Giuseppina D'Agostino, Dr Patrycja Rozbicka 🎶, Simon Barber, Nicholas Gebhardt, Craig Hamilton, @mayer_iras, Gedaliah Afterman,Arthur Gwagwa, Bev Townsend, Till Klein and Claudia Juech. 2/3

Many thanks to Gregory Chin, Eva-Maria Nag and the team at Global Policy for the opportunity to participate in the Emerging Global Governance project and for all the help along the way. More information on the project here.👇Stay tuned! globalpolicyjournal.com/emerging-globa… 3/3

Want to know how #Africa is engaging with #AI and the governance dilemmas countries are facing? Check out the latest commentary from Bev Townsend and Arthur Gwagwa in my series on #AI and governance Global Politics 👇 globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/10/05/202…

The claimed emergent abilities in large language models are a mirage hai.stanford.edu/news/ais-osten…

'Conversations on AI governance continue to reflect the perspectives of a few industrialized economies', write Arthur Gwagwa and Bev Townsend in Global Politics. Instead, we should adopt a relational concept of self-determination and non-dominance. globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/10/05/202…

Amazing to see the UKRI TAS Hub Regulators workshop coming together in London today to discuss AI regulation. Many thanks to the team for making this happen and looking forward to the discussion! @jenn_speech UKRI TAS Node in Functionality UKRI Research Node on TAS Governance & Regulation UKRI TAS Node in Resilience TAS-S UKRI TAS Node in Trust

Haven't posted a video to YouTube since my HotWheels days, but thought I might share my talk on ethics for generative agents, from Cornell Tech earlier this month. Very early work, but have a look if you're interested: youtu.be/ui8VLd33-7k

Britain to crack down on AI chatbots scraping people’s data telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…

Philosophy, truth, and the Emperor’s New Clothes. An excellent interview with ⁦Page about Timothy Williamson, philosopher.⁩ (from 2012). H/t ⁦John Tasioulas⁩ youtube.com/watch?v=_4kQaD…

Find out which countries are doing what as we Map the AI Regulatory Landscape across 12 African countries according to key themes Also insights on the regulatory aspects African countries might wish to consider in moving regulatory measures forward. linkedin.com/posts/bev-town…

Coming reluctantly out of Twitter holiday (literally - crocodiles and stingrays!) in case anyone has not noticed the new AI Regulation Bill that seems to have suddenly appeared. bills.parliament.uk/publications/5… A (less short than I hoped) thread:

Read our policy briefing which identifies key considerations for deploying foundation models in the public sector⬇️(6/6) adalovelaceinstitute.org/policy-briefin…

How can AI help protect our forests? Learn more about our project Autonomous Systems for Forest ProtEctioN (ASPEN) by following the link: tinyurl.com/b59c5fn8 #EarthDay2024 Dr Norman Dandy Dr Radu Calinesc Bev Townsend Dr Doreen Boyd Amel Bennaceur #AISolutions

Congratulations to Bev Townsend who is a recipient of a @BRAID_UK Fellowship This £2.4m initiative The University of Edinburgh will help organisations develop solutions to #AI challenges, and it builds on University of York’s work on the impact of AI Read more: bit.ly/4b7VZ4P #YorkResearch

What a privilege to be awarded this and for the continuing support that the York Law School provides.

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The Project Team Lead Contact Radu Calinescu (Prev. Norman Dandy) Co- Investigators Calum Imrie Amel Bennaceur Colin Paterson Bev Townsend Dr Doreen Boyd Seumas Bates Andy Smith Victoria Hodge Business Partners 2Excel Geo Forest Research Bangor University Bangor Uni Forestry