Chris talks with Marietje Schaake about her new book The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley and explores the nexus between Big Tech, democracy, and human rights. In particular, Marietje shares with Chris ideas and strategies for recentering the public interest in the relationship between big tech and governments, the geopolitics of technology, and recent developments in the global governance of AI.

Links:

• https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691241173/the-tech-coup
• https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/un-ai-global-digital-compact-by-ian-bremmer-and-marietje-schaake-2024-10

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Welcome back to our podcast! In this episode Medlir and Dr. Gloria Shkurti Ozdemir discuss her recently released book "Artificial Intelligence Arms Dynamics: The Case of the U.S. and China Rivalry." Their discussion dives into the latest AI-related developments in Turkey, the state of US-China competition in AI, as well as some other delightful tangents.

Links:

• https://www.setav.org/en/experts/gloria-shkurti
• https://www.setav.org/en/the-future-of-ai-policies-in-the-us-and-implications-for-turkiye
• https://www.setav.org/en/artificial-intelligence-arms-dynamics-the-case-of-the-us-and-china-rivalryhttps://www.setav.org/en/crossing-the-rubicon-consumption-costs-of-artificial-intelligence-and-environmental-security
• https://www.ageofaipodcast.com/1727342/episodes/9850363-s2e7-turkey-s-emergence-as-a-regional-ai-power

Tags: #AI; #US-China; #Turkey;

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Medlir shares insights with Chris from the UN Summit of the Future. They discuss the Pact for the Future, the Global Digital Compact, and the Declaration on Future Generations. In addition, Medlir and Chris also discuss California’s recently vetoed AI safety legislation and the proposed US national AI Civil Rights Act.

Links:

• https://www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-24/openai-pitched-white-house-on-unprecedented-data-center-buildout
• https://apnews.com/article/california-ai-safety-measures-veto-newsom-92a715a5765d1738851bb26b247bf493
• https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/openai-authors-get-rules-set-for-inspecting-ai-training-data
• https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/2024/07/29/taylor-francis-ai-deal-sets-worrying-precedent
• https://www.markey.senate.gov/view/senator-markey-hosts-press-conference-to-introduce-his-ai-civil-rights-act

Tags:
UN Summit of the Future; Pact for the Future; Global Digital Compact; AI Governance

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