Eric Schmidt

Jan 5, 2025 | deseret.com | Eric Schmidt

Editor's note: Artificial intelligence promises to reshape human existence. Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, argues it has the potential to unleash unprecedented human potential and the most efficient and transparent government in history. But Lyric Kaplan, counsel at AI League for Good, argues that without regulation, AI presents an existential risk that could result in a totalitarian cyberdystopia. Is there a middle ground?

Dec 16, 2024 | project-syndicate.org | Eric Schmidt

With AI systems’ energy usage set to skyrocket, securing sufficient access to electricity has become a top priority for many companies. But while the private sector is doing what it can to stay ahead of the curve, it will not succeed unless policymakers clear away outdated regulatory hurdles.

Dec 10, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Philip Zelikow |Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar |Eric Schmidt

The United States must now start working very hard with allies to secure democratic advantage in the domain of frontier AIprogram The Technology and International Affairs Program develops insights to address the governance challenges and large-scale risks of new technologies.

Nov 25, 2024 | almendron.com | Eric Schmidt

An urgent question for national policymakers as the artificial-intelligence revolution takes shape is what to do if their countries do not have cutting-edge “frontier” AI models run by companies similar to OpenAI and Mistral. AI is increasingly dividing the global order into the haves (countries with the resources and skills to create their own frontier-level models to help accelerate national priorities) and the have-nots (all the others).

Aug 3, 2024 | myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Mark Milley |Eric Schmidt |Andrew Higgins |Carol Rosenberg

Quotes of the Day:“At a dinner in Munich in February 2023, I found myself seated across the table from a European diplomat who had just returned from Africa. He had met with some students there and had been shocked to discover how little they knew or cared about the war in Ukraine. They had repeated Russian claims that the Ukrainians are “Nazis,” blamed NATO for the invasion, and generally used the same kind of language that can be heard every night on Russian evening news.