The Global Digital Compact, adopted at the UN in September 2024, highlights the current state of global AI governance. But where do we go from here?
When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that centre the moment of innovation - the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats.
In the People’s Republic of China, a number of social media platforms created in the West, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, are restricted by the Great Firewall.
How should states regulate advanced artificial agents that can plan future better than us? Can we maintain control over AI when highly capable systems intentionally bypass human oversight to maximize long-term rewards? Are safety tests reliable when AI systems behave differently during tests to ensure they pass? Who should be permitted to build such systems? What should the right governance frameworks look like?
What role can compute providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud play in supporting AI governance frameworks? Is it possible to establish a harmonised international compute oversight scheme among governments with competing political interests? What lessons can we learn from existing international cooperation frameworks in other industries to inform global AI regulation?
Explore these questions with Michael Cohen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence at the University of California, Berkeley. Cohen will present his forthcoming lead-authored editorial in Science to address the prospect of AI systems that cannot be safely tested.
The Deputy Attorney General will discuss what the U.S. Department of Justice is doing to harness the benefits of AI in fulfilling its mission to uphold the rule law, keep the United States safe, and protect civil rights. She will also discuss how AI lowers barriers for criminal actors and adversaries across a broad range of threats impacting elections and other foundational issues. She will also discuss the guiding principles informing the Justice Department's approach to the AI challenge.
