The AI Governance and Ethics hub builds on our AI governance research supported by Microsoft AI and the Jain Family Institute. Recent projects have included published reports on the regulation of AI technologies and the governance of civilian AI. Next steps include working with our colleagues in the US and Europe on the use of AI in future military decision-making, with a new project coming in the Fall.

AI GOVERNANCE AND ETHICS NEWS/POLICY BRIEFS

AI and the Regulatory Challenge: A new Framework Using the SETO Loop

The Brooks Tech Policy Institute, with support from the Jain Family Institute (JFI), has released a new report that offers a a high-level framework to analyze regulation of AI technologies.

Future Leaders Spotlight: Alexey Elkin (AI & Democracy)

At the core of BTPI is the mission to educate and support the next generation of tech policy leaders. Our Future Leaders Program partners talented students with our expert academic mentors to work on innovative projects that help give them the experience they need to thrive.

Proposing an International Governance Regime for Civilian AI

Many jurisdictions have begun to develop their own approaches to regulating AI, in response to concerns that range from bias to misinformation to the possibility of existential risks from advanced AI.

BTPI Director Professor Sarah Kreps Featured in TechCrunch’s ‘Women in AI’

On March 8th, our BTPI Founder and Director Professor Sarah Kreps was profiled by Tech Crunch, as part of their Women in AI article series. The article highlights her journey and contributions to the field of artificial intelligence (AI), especially regarding U.S. foreign and defense policy. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Professor Kreps’ work focuses on the political implications of AI technologies like OpenAI’s GPT models. She explores the potential for AI to generate credible disinformation, conducting experiments to assess its impact on democracy and legislative processes. The article also discusses the challenges and advice for women entering the AI field, as well as Kreps’ views on responsible AI development and the ethical considerations that come with it.

Kreps: Generative AI holds promise, peril for democracies

Generative artificial intelligence – popularized in 2022 by Open AI’s ChatGPT application – threatens to undermine trust in democracies when misused, but may also be harnessed for public good, Sarah Kreps told the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) during a public meeting May 19…

Whole-message AI communication seen as more useful

As large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4 are further developed, they will naturally become better at using available information to generate useful text on virtually any topic – not only by the phrase or sentence, but by the whole document…

Project Affiliates:

• Dr. Sarah Kreps
• Dr. Rebecca Slayton
• Judith Germano
• Dr. Qian Yang
• Dr. Christopher Earls
• Dr. Lily Muller
• Amelia Arsenault
• Adi Rao
• Dr. Julie George
• Eeshaan Chaudhuri