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The Future of Work and Jobs, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence.Cluster Day Barcelona 21 September 2023: Leadership for the Good Future (via ).Wall Street Journal – Corporate Tech Leaders Are Mixed on EU Artificial Intelligence Bill It is disappointing to see the leaders of democratic nations viewing AI with fear given the massive opportunities to cure diseases, avoid harms, distribute goods and services more efficiently, and create new jobs,” said Stephen Messer, co-founder and vice chairman of Collective, an AI company focused on optimizing the sales process.

THE NY TIMES – EUROPE PROPOSES STRICT RULES FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Governments have used versions of the technology in criminal justice and allocating public services.

The rules have far-reaching implications for major technology companies including Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft that have poured resources into developing artificial intelligence, but also scores of other companies that use the technology in health care, insurance and finance. But that heavy penalty also applies to those not meeting the quality requirements for data sets used to train machine-learning models - one of the most common, and insidious, ways for bias to creep in.” Financial Times – Europe’s push on AI rules aims to recast global tech The severest fines, reserved for the most serious breaches of the rules - a fine of up to 6 per cent of a company’s global revenue - might seem valid for those who use AI for something the EU has tried to ban outright. can be trusted.” The NY Times – Europe Proposes Strict Rules for Artificial Intelligence is spearheading the development of new global norms to make sure A.I. “On artificial intelligence, trust is a must, not a nice to have,” Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission executive vice president who oversees digital policy for the 27-nation bloc, said in a statement. Techcrunch – Europe lays out plan for risk-based AI rules to boost trust and uptake “For now cited high risk examples fall into the following categories: Biometric identification and categorisation of natural persons Management and operation of critical infrastructure Education and vocational training Employment, workers management and access to self-employment Access to and enjoyment of essential private services and public services and benefits Law enforcement Migration, asylum and border control management Administration of justice and democratic processes.” I've been pointing to the need for better rules on AI in many of my keynotes for quite some time:) And now, Covid-19 has exponentially accelerated technological growth which in turn has finally increased the urgency to regulate technology. This is one of many headlines proliferating everywhere these days. ‘The European Union wants to become the world's super-regulator in AI”, The Economist tells us.

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