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Published by the World Economic Forum in October 2024, this piece summarizes a broader AI Governance Alliance report aimed at equipping policymakers with practical tools for GenAI regulation; useful as a policy-oriented governance reference.
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This World Economic Forum article, tied to a report from the AI Governance Alliance, outlines the challenges governments face in regulating generative AI and presents a practical framework for resilient, forward-looking GenAI governance. It emphasizes the need for agile policy responses given rapid AI evolution, competing resource demands, and a fragmented global regulatory landscape. Public-private cooperation is highlighted as essential to balancing innovation with harm prevention.
Key Points
- •Governments face significant challenges keeping pace with GenAI's rapid evolution while securing economic opportunities and mitigating risks.
- •Multiple jurisdictions (EU, China, US states) have begun passing AI regulations, reflecting growing urgency but also regulatory fragmentation.
- •The WEF AI Governance Alliance released a practical framework to help policymakers develop resilient and forward-looking GenAI governance.
- •Public-private cooperation is identified as a critical enabler for effective AI governance outcomes.
- •Competing resource needs and a complex global policy landscape hinder governments' ability to respond agilely to AI developments.
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Generative AI is rapidly evolving: How governments can keep pace
Oct 11, 2024
Governments must keep pace with the rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) while preventing harm. Image: Getty Images
Karla Yee Amezaga
Initiatives Lead, AI and Data Governance, Centre for AI Excellence, World Economic Forum
Rafi Lazerson
Associate Manager, Responsible AI, Accenture
Manal Siddiqui
Senior Manager, Responsible AI – Canada Lead, Accenture
This article is part of: Centre for AI Excellence
Governments want to secure generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) innovation and economic opportunities responsibly to prevent and mitigate potential risks.
Rapidly evolving GenAI, competing resource needs and a complex global policy landscape can hinder an agile response from governments.
A report from the AI Governance Alliance equips policymakers and regulators with a practical framework for resilient and forward-looking GenAI governance that can keep pace.
The economic potential, transformative impact and rapid adoption of GenAI have led governments at all levels to invest in examining how to secure AI innovation in their jurisdictions while mitigating the technology’s risks and preventing harm.
Various task forces, committees and multistakeholder initiatives, such as the UN’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, have been set up to study and recommend appropriate government action. Additionally, numerous proposed AI-related bills are under consideration globally and some jurisdictions have already passed regulations, such as in the European Union, China and at the state-level in the United States.
The stakes of getting GenAI governance right are high but the task is no small feat and public-private cooperation is key to achieving this.
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