Amba Kak

Apr 19, 2024 | ainowinstitute.org | Amba Kak

AI Now co-Executive Director Amba Kak was invited to provide a keynote address at the German Green Party’s ‘Shaping AI’ conference on April 19. The following are her remarks:Thank you so much for inviting AI Now to share our thoughts at this conference. My vision for AI is a world in which AI is a means to public benefit, not an end in itself. It’s to unlock true innovation that works for the many, not the few. But how do we achieve this vision?

Apr 11, 2024 | ash.harvard.edu | Amba Kak |Julius Krein

The Political Economy of AI Conference is convened by the GETTING-Plurality Research Network, a project of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, housed at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.

Mar 12, 2024 | ainowinstitute.org | Amba Kak

DOWNLOAD FULL PDFA modern industrial strategy identifies specific sectors that are foundational to economic growth, strategic from a national security perspective, and where private industry on its own isn’t poised to make the investments needed to secure our national ambitions. […] This is about crowding in private investment—not replacing it. It’s about making long term investments in sectors vital to our national wellbeing—not picking winners and losers.

Feb 12, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Amba Kak |Sarah West

“The consolidation of the AI industry threatens U.S. technological competitiveness,” argued a 2021 report by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI). The independent commission was chaired by ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt and populated by executives from Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, and other large tech companies, as well as key members of the national security establishment.

Dec 6, 2023 | heise.de | Amba Kak |Sarah Myers West |Meredith Whittaker

Amba Kak ist Exekutivdirektorin und Sarah Myers West geschäftsführende Direktorin des AI Now Institute, einer Organisation für KI-Policy-Research mit Sitz in New York. Meredith Whittaker, die Präsidentin von Signal, Hauptberaterin des Instituts und als kritische KI-Begleiterin bekannt.