Tag: politics
The coronavirus crisis may lead to a new way of economic thinking
Rishi Sunak says the measures he has announced to support the economy are without precedent in peacetime, and he’s right. Never before has the British state agreed to pay the wages of those at risk of losing their jobs. Never before has the government ordered the pubs to shut. Read full Article
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When capitalisms collide
Measuring What Counts: The Global Movement for Well-Being Joseph E. Stiglitz, Jean-Paul Fitoussi and Martine Durand The New Press (2019) “In abnormal times the normal rules don’t apply and people obey them at their peril. Read full Article
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Many Tech Experts Say Digital Disruption Will Hurt Democracy
The years of almost unfettered enthusiasm about the benefits of the internet have been followed by a period of techlash as users worry about the actors who exploit the speed, reach and complexity of the internet for harmful purposes. Read full Article
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EU mulls 5-year ban on facial recognition tech in public areas
BRUSSELS, Jan 16 (Reuters) – The European Union is considering banning facial recognition technology in public areas for up to five years, to give it time to work out how to prevent abuses, according to proposals seen by Reuters. Read full Article
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Women and the future of work
From AI to machine learning, algorithm to automation, dizzying advancements of technology are changing the nature of the workplace. Sarah Darrall asks what this means for women. Read full Article
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Making big tech companies share data could do more good than breaking them up
Don’t break up the big tech companies, says Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, a professor of internet governance at the Oxford Internet Institute. Make them share. Read full Article
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Regulating or breaking up Big Tech: an antitrust explainer
Four tech juggernauts—Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook—are suddenly the target of new scrutiny by the US government. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Congress have all begun to investigate whether these companies have too much power. Read full Article
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Google and Microsoft Warn That AI May Do Dumb Things
Google CEO Sundar Pichai brought good tidings to investors on parent company Alphabet’s earnings call last week. Alphabet reported $39.3 billion in revenue last quarter, up 22 percent from a year earlier. Read full Article
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To regulate AI we need new laws, not just a code of ethics
On giant screens in the European parliament building in Brussels last week, the face of Mark Zuckerberg looked down on the world’s data protection and privacy commissioners assembled there for their annual conference. Read full Article
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‘The ethical challenge AI poses is something radically new’
BERLIN — Armin Grunwald likes to point out he’s a philosopher, not a prophet. That doesn’t mean he doesn’t try to predict the future. Read full Article
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A Manifiesto for a New Digital Deal
Across the world, economies and societies are being fundamentally transformed by digitalisation. The pace of change is remarkable and no aspect of our lives will be untouched. We do not live in an era of changes; we are in a change of era. Read full Article
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The power of dialogue in a disrupted world
Closing the divides in our fractured world will require collaboration among many stakeholders. And, more often than not, it is dialogue that sets cooperation apart from conflict, and progress from painful reversals of fortune. Read full Article
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Europe, not the U.S., is now the most powerful regulator of Silicon Valley
Europe implemented a sweeping overhaul of digital-privacy laws on Friday that has reshaped how technology companies handle customer data, creating a de-facto global standard that gives Americans new protections and the nation’s technology companies new headaches. Read full Article
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Man vs. Machine: The New Ethics of Cybersecurity
What role do ethics play in technology? As a business executive or board member, when you approve a technology investment or have your teams create a new technology-based business service, do you ever think about the ethical considerations of what you are doing? Read full Article
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