Can we ever rein in the Big Tech firms to foster indigenous innovation, stimulate balanced growth, and protect national sovereignty? Can we have a balanced set of rules and a clear framework to safeguard larger public interest? Can we check the weaponisation of the internet with balanced cybersecurity and secure data governance framework to make Google (Alphabet); Apple; Facebook (Meta); Amazon; and Microsoft, besides others, more responsible and resilient? Look around, Big Tech run most of the digital services that are integral and ubiquitous to our life. Our minds, economy, national security, democracy, and progress are invisibly controlled by a few technology firms.

OpenAI is committed to developing general-purpose artificial intelligence that benefits all humanity, and we believe that achieving our goal requires expertise in public policy as well as technology. Will served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been a leading voice on technology policy, and coauthored bipartisan legislation outlining a national strategy for artificial intelligence. "Will brings a rare combination of expertise--he deeply understands both artificial intelligence as well as public policy, both of which are critical to a successful future for AI," said Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO. Greg Brockman, OpenAI's chairman and Chief Technology Officer, added, "'AI public policy expert' isn't exactly a common title, and Will is squarely one of the leading ones. "I've been blown away by the scientific advances made by the team at OpenAI, and I've been inspired by their commitment to developing AI responsibly," said Will Hurd. OpenAI is committed to developing general-purpose artificial intelligence that benefits all humanity, and we believe that achieving our goal requires expertise in public policy as well as technology. Will served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, has been a leading voice on technology policy, and coauthored bipartisan legislation outlining a national strategy for artificial intelligence. "Will brings a rare combination of expertise--he deeply understands both artificial intelligence as well as public policy, both of which are critical to a successful future for AI," said Sam Altman, OpenAI's CEO. Greg Brockman, OpenAI's chairman and Chief Technology Officer, added, "'AI public policy expert' isn't exactly a common title, and Will is squarely one of the leading ones.

The second of two leaders from NYU's AI Now Institute, a small but influential organization researching the social implications of artificial intelligence, just joined the Biden administration to lay the groundwork for government AI policy. Their previous work suggests their presence might encourage the government to require new transparency from tech companies about how their algorithms work. The Federal Trade Commission earlier this month created an entirely new role for AI Now co-founder Meredith Whittaker, who will serve as senior adviser on AI for an agency where tech staff has been in flux despite a mission to get tougher on tech. AI Now alumna Rashida Richardson -- a law professor who served as director of policy research for the group and has a background studying the impact of AI systems like predictive policing tools -- joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in July as senior policy adviser for data and democracy. "[Whittaker's] hiring is just the latest evidence of the FTC's attention on algorithms and algorithmic issues," said Laura Riposo VanDruff, former assistant director in the FTC's privacy and identity protection division and a partner at law firm Kelley Drye & Warren.

And you have to question what you are reading .. In just a few months .. none of the above seems true More to the point - Can any one country be an AI Superpower? Like the quest for Unicorns - are we searching for the wrong thing when we search for'AI Superpowers'? So, can AI nationalism create a single winner? Expanding this view going forward, we will see the development of parallel technology stacks (for better or for worse). There is a recent parallel for tech policy and AI – and it's the Telecoms model.

In 1964, concerns about increasing automation led the federal government to establish the National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress. The commission was tasked with studying the impact of technological and economic change. Even more than half a century ago, leaders foresaw a world where technology could lead to a new era of economic prosperity--but only if we met the challenge head on. Michael Kratsios is the Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy at The White House. He advises the President on a broad range of technology policy issues, including the development of emerging technologies in the United States.

America is great at artificial intelligence--and it's going to get even greater. So the White House trumpeted Thursday, in the current administration's first substantial engagement with the technology widely predicted to upend every area of life and society. At a meeting that mingled industry, academia, and government, the Trump White House framed AI as a path to continued economic dominance over other nations. The exercise also seemed to expose an administration that lags other countries--and even its US predecessor--in developing its views and strategy on AI's implications and government's role in managing them. "America has been the global leader in AI, and the Trump administration will ensure our great nation remains the global leader in AI," the president's deputy assistant for technology policy, Michael Kratsios said at the meeting's opening.

The White House announced Thursday that it will establish a panel of federal government officials to look at artificial intelligence (AI) issues. The Trump administration announced the new Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence on the same day that it held a major AI summit with business leaders in Washington. The AI panel will include officials from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The committee's representatives will also include officials from the National Security Council (NSC), the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The panel aims to examine U.S. priorities and investments on AI development, according to prepared remarks from Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy.

Digital technologies like the internet and smartphones are transforming our lives and society. They are proving to be powerful tools for liberating individuals' creative and entrepreneurial potential, as well as providing new educational opportunities and higher wages for marginalized people, both in the U.S. and around the globe. Unfortunately, in the U.S., outdated government regulations and weak consumer protections are undermining these opportunities. What's more, the Trump administration has not yet made significant moves to address this growing crisis: As of this writing, five key White House positions are vacant, without even acting directors or interim leaders to help the executive branch formulate U.S. science and technology policy. As the founder of both the Open Technology Institute and the X-Lab policy and innovation organization, I have spent years at the heart of many Washington, D.C. battles over technology policy, fighting for ideas that would best serve American workers and the general public.

US Government report lays out guidance for AI use and regulation and puts regulating super AI's in the too hard bucket Artificial Intelligence (AI) research and development is starting to reach critical mass and new breakthroughs are being announced almost every day. Now a new report from the US Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP), who advises Barak Obama directly on AI matters has prepared a new report on the technology which they see is increasingly poised to reshape the way we live and work. Titled Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence the report makes 23 policy recommendations on a number of topics concerned with the best way to harness the power of machine learning and algorithm driven intelligence for the benefit of society. The OSTP position is that government has several roles to play in driving the direction of AI. Namely, "It should convene conversations about important issues and help to set the agenda for public debate. It should monitor the safety and fairness of applications as they develop, and adapt regulatory frameworks to encourage innovation while protecting the public. It should support basic research and the application of AI to public goods, as well as the development of a skilled, diverse workforce. And government should use AI itself, to serve the public faster, more effectively, and at lower cost."

A new report from the Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP) addresses the fast-growing field of artificial intelligence (AI), which is increasingly poised to reshape the way we live and work. Titled "Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence," the report makes 23 policy recommendations on a number of topics concerned with the best way to harness the power of machine learning and algorithm-driven intelligence for the benefit of society. The OSTP position is that government has several roles to play in driving the direction of AI. Namely, "It should convene conversations about important issues and help to set the agenda for public debate. It should monitor the safety and fairness of applications as they develop, and adapt regulatory frameworks to encourage innovation while protecting the public. It should support basic research and the application of AI to public goods, as well as the development of a skilled, diverse workforce. And government should use AI itself, to serve the public faster, more effectively, and at lower cost."