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Keeping up with AI

Keeping up with AI

With AI-related risks being inherently global in nature, the hope and anticipation is that there will be a suitably robust regulatory environment wherever the technology is deployed, Michael Connor, Executive Director at Open MIC, tells ESG Investor.

“Many companies have global activities, so we need to ensure that if they are applying a higher standard in Europe due to EU regulations, this should be the case wherever they operate to foster greater corporate accountability in the deployment and use of digital technologies,” he says.

AI Proposals Ask Tech Giants to go “Beyond Platitudes”

AI Proposals Ask Tech Giants to go “Beyond Platitudes”

“These AI resolutions are just the beginning – this is not something that we see as a one off,” said Dheere. “AI is here to stay and it is in the interest of civil society, investors, companies, and governments policymakers to maintain focus on how we integrate it constructively into society while protecting human rights – and, frankly, the companies that are creating it.”

Metaverse Proposal Heightens Investors’ Social Media Concerns

Metaverse Proposal Heightens Investors’ Social Media Concerns

Despite protests from Meta, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled that the vote should go ahead, which Michael Connor, Executive Director of Open MIC, noted is “a win for all those who are deeply troubled by Meta’s appalling track record of dodging accountability and failing to address human and civil rights abuses, as well as privacy concerns affecting billions of people globally”.