Confronting Black Boxes: A Shadow Report of the New York City Automated...
In 2017, New York City became the first US jurisdiction to create a task force to come up with recommendations for government use of Automated decision systems (ADS). Possessing one of the largest...
View ArticleAI Now’s Testimony to New York City Council on ADS
On November 13, 2020 AI Now’s Managing Director Dr. Sarah Myers West provided testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Technology hearing on the Ethical Implications of Using Artificial...
View ArticleAlgorithmic Accountability for the Public Sector: learning from the first...
The AI Now Institute, Ada Lovelace Institute, and the Open Government Partnership (OGP) are partnering to launch the first global study evaluating this initial wave of algorithmic accountability...
View ArticleThe False Comfort of Human Oversight as an Antidote to A.I. Harm
Amba Kak and Ben Green challenge the global convergence toward policies requiring human oversight of AI. The post The False Comfort of Human Oversight as an Antidote to A.I. Harm appeared first on AI...
View ArticleNew Report Analyzes Data Governance Policies
Amba Kak, Executive Director of the AI Now Institute, and Yale Law’s Paul Tsai China Center Senior Fellow Samm Sacks released a policy report on the key data-governance trends in India, China, and the...
View ArticleAlgorithmic Accountability for the Public Sector – Report
The Ada Lovelace Institute (Ada), AI Now Institute (AI Now), and Open Government Partnership (OGP) have partnered to launch the first global study to analyse the initial wave of algorithmic...
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Algorithmic Accountability: Moving Beyond Audits
Despite unresolved concerns, an audit-centered algorithmic accountability approach is being rapidly mainstreamed into voluntary frameworks and regulations, and industry has taken a leadership role in...
View ArticleZero Trust AI Governance
Download the full PDF here. Leading civil society organizations Accountable Tech, AI Now Institute, and EPIC jointly released a new “Zero Trust AI Governance” framework, which offers policymakers a...
View ArticleAI Now Joins Civil Society Groups In Statement Calling For Regulation To...
As leaders look to international dialogues, civil society summit attendees urge prioritizing regulation to address well established harms The undersigned civil society participants at the UK AI Safety...
View ArticleThe algorithmically accelerated killing machine
by Lucy Suchman On 11 January 2024, the International Court of Justice opened proceedings on charges of genocide brought by South Africa against Israel’s operations in Gaza. Israel, on its side,...
View ArticleWhat can we learn from the FDA model for AI regulation?
After holding a rapid deliberation late last year that convened deep experts on the FDA alongside key participants in the AI policy debate, we pulled together several immediate insights into a memo....
View ArticleDefining and Demystifying Automated Decision Systems
Government agencies are increasingly using automated decision systems to aid or supplant human decision-making and policy enforcement in various sensitive social domains. They determine who will have...
View ArticleClip: Amy Kapczynski on an old idea getting new attention–an “FDA for AI”.
The Senate hearings on AI offered up few meaningful solutions to the issues facing us today. But an old idea got some new attention: an “FDA for AI”. In this clip from our forthcoming Salon series Amy...
View ArticleAdvancing Racial Equity Through Technology Policy
Download full PDF report here As leading technology companies have grown exponentially over the last decade, so too have concerns about their outsized impact on our economy and democracy. How to...
View ArticleDo We Need an FDA for AI?: A Rapid Expert Deliberation
As policymakers explore a range of proposals for regulating artificial intelligence, one idea gaining currency is building a new regulatory agency devoted to AI governance – and, potentially, to model...
View ArticleRemarks from AI Now ED Amba Kak on Day 2 of the UK AI Safety Summit
Amba Kak participated as a civil society representative on Days 1 and 2 of the UK AI Safety Summit. Here are her remarks from Day 2 addressing government leaders and AI company executives: “I want to...
View ArticleThe AI Debate Is Happening in a Cocoon
Read an oped on The Atlantic by Sarah Myers West and Amba Kak. The risks posed by new technologies are not science fiction. They are real. Much of the time, discussions about artificial intelligence...
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AI Now Submission to the Office and Management and Budget on AI Guidelines
In December 2023, the Office of Management and Budget outlined a request for public comment to inform its memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies on guidelines for AI...
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