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Michelle Nie
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The White House OMB recently released a memorandum providing guidance on procurement of AI. Although more focused on American AI leadership than the previous memo, notably, it directs agencies to avoid vendor lock-in and to be able to regularly evaluate performance, risks, and
effectiveness.
OMB guidance: Vendor Lock-In Protections. As described identified during solicitation development, terms on this subject are necessary to reduce the risk that switching vendors could become cost-prohibitive. Protections against vendor lock-in can vary, but include requirements for vendor knowledge transfers, data and model portability, providing agencies with rights to code and models produced in performance of a contract, and transparency in licensing and pricing. .. E. Ongoing Testing and Monitoring. Contractual terms must provide the contracting agency the ability to regularly monitor and evaluate (e.g., on a quarterly or biannual basis, based on the needs of the program) performance, risks, and effectiveness of an AI system or service.
April 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Dystopian headlines from today. From Politico (viewable with Pro access): pro.politico.eu/news/193828
POLITICO article by Pieter Haeck, Tom Bristow, Océane Herr Headline: How the world stopped worrying and learned to love AI Subtitle: Politicians have shifted from AI regulation to innovation — and the industry loves it. PARIS — World leaders aren’t worried that artificial intelligence will make humanity extinct or be misused by terrorists. They seemed much more concerned about not winning the global AI race when they met at the AI Action Summit in Paris this week. French President Emmanuel Macron, U.S. Vice President JD Vance, India’s Narendra Modi, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the United Kingdom’s tech secretary Peter Kyle all focused on innovation and investment in their speeches at the event. Safety fears, top of mind at two previous AI summits in the U.K. and South Korea, barely featured. The final summit declaration mentioned safety only three times. The United States and the U.K. didn’t even sign the final declaration. Instead, politicians touted massive investments and promised light regulation. “I’m not here to talk about AI safety, I’m here to talk about AI opportunity,” Vance said. “This summit is focused on action, and that’s exactly what we need right now,” added von der Leyen, before announcing the roll-out of a multi-billion euro investment plan.
February 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Fascinating keynote at AI Safety Asia’s event by S. Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in India, about India’s new AI Safety Institute, which will be a virtual collaboration between many institutions and align with the government’s pro-innovation strategy.
Secretary Krishnan in front of a slide titled “A Pro Innovation Approach to AI Governance”
February 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Economist Joseph Stiglitz calling attention to the dangers of concentration of market power in tech/AI: “The creation of a trillion dollar business is a failure, not a success.” #IASEAI
February 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Kicking off the #AIActionSummit with a fascinating panel through a new initiative I’m part of, GPAI Policy Lab. Expert panelists including @ruchowdh.bsky.social spoke about their thoughts on industry voluntary commitments (mixed opinions), and the importance of third party evaluations & red lines.
Panel discussion with GPAI Policy Lab Dr. Rumman Chowdhury speaking about her nonprofit Humane Intelligence and the importance of metrology and third-party evaluations
February 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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10/10 bill name. No notes
February 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Why are none of the events for the #AIActionSummit
actually open to the public? In this guide to the summit, I aim to dispel that myth, share a list of open events, provide intel about who's coming, and more!

open.substack.com/pub/michelle...
January 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Attended Politico’s “Navigating the Cloud” event in Brussels yesterday, sponsored by Google. Curious why nobody wanted to answer my question, the top voted one 🙃
TV screen with the question: How can foreign companies such as Google help Europe build its digital sovereignty without increasing dependence on the US and other countries?
December 13, 2024 at 5:18 PM