Kevin C. Desouza

Sep 6, 2024 | pymnts.com | Kevin C. Desouza |Richard Watson

By: Kevin C. Desouza, Richard Watson, and Yancong Xie (Tech Tank)On July 19, 2024, a global outage occurred due to a faulty software update from CrowdStrike, a leading cybersecurity company. This update disrupted computers running Microsoft Windows, causing widespread economic impact across sectors like airlines, media, hospitals, banks, supply chains, small businesses, government agencies, and emergency services.

Aug 29, 2024 | benton.org | Kevin C. Desouza |Richard Watson

On July 19, 2024, a major global outage was caused by a faulty software update issued by CrowdStrike, a prominent cybersecurity firm. This update disrupted computers running Microsoft Windows, affecting many aspects of the economy, including airlines, media outlets, hospitals, banks, supply chains, small businesses, government, and other emergency services.

Aug 28, 2024 | brookings.edu | Kevin C. Desouza |Richard Watson |Yancong Xie

On July 19, 2024, a major global outage was caused by a faulty software update issued by CrowdStrike, a prominent cybersecurity firm. This update disrupted computers running Microsoft Windows, affecting many aspects of the economy, including airlines, media outlets, hospitals, banks, supply chains, small businesses, government, and other emergency services.

Dec 13, 2023 | brookings.edu | James Denford |Gregory Dawson |Kevin C. Desouza

In a series of papers, the authors have explored comparative differences in the design, deployment, and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies among countries. Our previous papers have explored how different countries viewed their adoption of AI, their relative spending on technology versus human capital, and what the United States needs to do to win the AI race. In our most recent paper, we shifted our analysis to focus on the commonalities of different plans across countries.

Apr 25, 2023 | brookings.edu | James Denford |Gregory Dawson |Kevin C. Desouza |Jack Malamud

In 2021 and 2022, the authors published a series of articles on how different countries are implementing their national artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. In these articles, we examined how different countries view AI and looked at their plans for evidence to support their goals.