State of the Net Conference 2023

Alexander “amac” Macgillivray is a Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer. In this role, he and the U.S. CTO team work to maximize the benefits of technology and data for all Americans. He held a similar post in the Obama-Biden Administration. Previously, he worked on the Biden-Harris Transition Team and co-founded the Trust & Safety Professional Association, Trust and Safety Foundation, and Alloy.us. He was a board member at Creative Commons and the Data & Society Research Institute, and an advisor to the Mozilla Tech Policy Fellows. Macgillivray served as Twitter’s general counsel, and as the company’s head of corporate development, public policy, communications, and trust and safety. He was also deputy general counsel at Google, where he created the product counsel team. He has served on the board of the Campaign for the Female Education (CAMFED) USA, was one of the early voices at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and was certified as a first-grade teacher by the State of New Jersey.

AI governance is maturing fast. Earlier this year, NIST released its pioneering AI Risk Management Framework. Lawmakers, together with academia, industry, and civil society, are turning to impact assessments as a tool to address AI risks and advance accountability. State and local governments, meanwhile, are taking action, with a New York City law on automated hiring tools entering into effect this past January. How do policymakers strike a balance between enabling responsible innovation and advancing trust in AI? What approaches to AI governance can reasonably be advanced today and what should be left to when AI standards are mature? This panel will explore the state of AI governance and the frameworks, tools, and regulations that will shape its future.

As the digital landscape continues to evolve and expand, the threat of cyber attacks remains a top concern for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. In 2020 the Congressionally-mandated Cyber Solarium issued "an urgent call to action" regarding the nation's cybersecurity. In 2021 President Biden released the National Cyber Strategy executive order, laying out strategies for improving cybersecurity. Two and three years later, our panel will explore how the US is meeting the Solarium's urgent call and what developments have resulted from the executive order.

Navrina Singh is the Founder and CEO of Credo AI, a Governance SaaS platform empowering enterprises to deliver Responsible AI. A technology leader with over 18+ years experience in Enterprise SaaS, AI and Mobile, Navrina has held  multiple product and business leadership roles at Microsoft and Qualcomm. Navrina is a member of the U.S. Department of Commerce National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC), which advises the President and the National AI Initiative Office. Navrina is an executive board  member of Mozilla guiding their trustworthy AI charter. Navrina is also a young global leader with the World economic forum & was on their future council for AI guiding policies & regulations in responsible AI.

(writen by ChatGPT) Generative AI, which refers to artificial intelligence systems that can generate content such as text, images, and music, has the potential to revolutionize a wide range of industries and applications. However, it also raises important policy implications that need to be carefully considered. For example, there are concerns about the potential for generative AI to be used for malicious purposes, such as creating fake news or deepfake videos. There is also the potential for AI-generated content to infringe on intellectual property rights, or to be used to automate the creation of content that would otherwise be created by humans, potentially leading to job displacement. It will be important for policy makers to carefully consider the potential risks and benefits of generative AI, and to develop appropriate regulations and guidelines to ensure that it is used ethically and responsibly.

With 1 billion users around the world, TikTok has grown to become an enormously popular platform for emerging creators on a global scale. In this session, TikTok U.S. Data Security's Will Farrell breaks down TikTok's plan to develop and implement a new privacy and security framework for American user data here in the United States. 

In the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress took action toward strengthen and democratize the AI innovation ecosystem by providing people across the country with the computing power, data, curriculum, and tools needed to research AI. That legislation mandated the formation of a task force to develop the blueprint for a National AI Research Resource (NAIRR), led by Co-Chairs from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation. After 18 months of deliberation and public input, the Task Force unanimously approved a final report and delivered it to Congress.

Last week, SeedAI worked with the Task Force to hold a public engagement on the report. In this fireside chat, the founder of SeedAI will interview the Co-Chairs of the NAIRR Task Force on what we learned at the event, the importance of building a resource for people across the country to perform AI research, and how the audience can get involved in the coming months.