Daniel Leufer

Sep 24, 2024 | accessnow.org | Daniel Leufer

Since the 2022 launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the world has been consumed by hype around so-called generative artificial intelligence (AI), with regulators now scrambling to rein in its harms and excesses. But this isn’t anything new. Already in 2018, when advances in machine learning led to a boom in AI enthusiasm, we saw a similar, simultaneous explosion of toothless “AI ethics guidelines” and other voluntary self-regulatory proposals.

Sep 16, 2024 | edri.org | Daniel Leufer

Children and young people are some of the most at-risk users of online services, and they deserve age-appropriate online environments that safeguard their well-being. However, as policymakers across the European Union push for EU-wide rules to mandate age verification tools on social media, civil society’s concerns are growing about the impact on fundamental rights.

Jul 4, 2024 | accessnow.org | Eliška Pírková |Daniel Leufer |Méabh Maguire

If there’s one thing apparently on everyone’s mind in this “ultimate election year” — a year in which approximately half the world’s population will cast a ballot — it’s the topic of generative AI, and its potential to disrupt, dissuade, and distort the fundamental building blocks of democracy. From India to Italy, from the UK to the U.S., politicians, media, and civil society have been warning about the possible impact of AI-generated “fake news” in swaying voters’ opinions.

May 9, 2024 | accessnow.org | Marwa Fatafta |Daniel Leufer

Recent public discourse on artificial intelligence (AI) has been dominated by doomsday scenarios and sci-fi predictions of advanced AI systems escaping human control. As a result, when people talk about AI warfare, they tend to think of fully automated “killer robots” on the loose. What Israel’s war on Gaza has revealed, however, is that much more mundane and not particularly sophisticated AI surveillance systems are already being used to unleash dystopian, tech-driven horrors.

Mar 13, 2024 | accessnow.org | Daniel Leufer

The EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act was voted through and adopted today, 13 March, in a plenary session of the European Parliament. Despite its intention to protect people’s rights, the final text of the AI Act is an unambitious piece of product safety legislation.