Written By: Professor Shirley S. HoAssociate Vice PresidentHumanities, Social Sciences & Research CommunicationNanyang Technological University (NTU) Dr. Goh Tong JeeResearch FellowWee Kim Wee School of Communication and InformationNanyang Technological University (NTU) Media features of enhanced capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) for autonomous vehicles (AVs) are interspersed with reports on crashes involving the mobility technology. Such…

Written By: Assistant Professor Araz TaeihaghLee Kuan Yew School of Public PolicyNational University of Singapore (NUS) A key milestone in AI policymaking was the European parliament’s approval of the EU-AI Act in June 2023. The proposal for the Act aimed to implement the development of an ecosystem for developing and building trust in AI while…

Written By: Professor Simon ChestermanDavid Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation), National University of SingaporeDean of NUS CollegeSenior Director of AI Governance, AI Singapore [Straits Times] As ChatGPT turns one year old, there are growing questions about the way in which it draws upon creative works to compete with the authors of those very…

The AI Governance pillar at AI Singapore was pleased to host Columbia University’s Anu Bradford to discuss her new book, “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology”. She argues that there are horizontal battles underway between the market-based US model, a rights-based approach favoured in the EU, and China’s state-centric regime. In addition, each…

The inaugural AISG AI Governance Research Symposium was held on Monday, 5 June 2023, at Capella Singapore, as part of Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG). Panel 1, moderated by AISG’s Simon Chesterman, focused on managing the human-machine dynamic. Galit Shmueli from National Tsing Hua University, Araz Taeihagh from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public…

Written By: Professor Hahn JungpilVice Dean, CommunicationsDirector, NUS Fintech LabDeputy Director (AI Governance), AI SingaporeDeputy Director, Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law Dr Gao Yuting Research Fellow, AI Singapore One of the most important technological advancements in recent years is the development of natural language processing (NLP) and the Large Language Models…

Written By: Professor Simon ChestermanDavid Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation), National University of SingaporeDean of NUS CollegeSenior Director of AI Governance, AI Singapore When people think of risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI), Hollywood looms large. Movies have long conjured the worst case scenarios: from Hal refusing to open the pod bay doors…

Written By: Dr. Nakyung KyungAssistant ProfessorInformation Systems and Analytics, School of Computing, National University of Singapore At present, over one in three companies worldwide are incorporating AI into their business operations. There’s a growing shift from human-led management to a system directed by algorithms, wherein learning algorithms take on coordination and control roles traditionally held…

Written By: Professor Simon ChestermanDavid Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation), National University of SingaporeDean of NUS CollegeSenior Director of AI Governance, AI Singapore The past decade has seen a proliferation of guides, frameworks, and principles put forward by states, industry, inter- and non-governmental organizations to address matters of AI ethics. These diverse efforts…

Written By: Professor Hahn JungpilVice Dean, CommunicationsDirector, NUS Fintech LabDeputy Director (AI Governance), AI SingaporeDeputy Director, Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law This morning we had a fascinating talk by Alex Tuzhilin (NYU) on his recent work entitled “Predicting Consumer Choice from Raw Eye-Movement Data Using the RETINA Deep Learning Architecture” (the…

Written By: Professor Hahn JungpilVice Dean, CommunicationsDirector, NUS Fintech LabDeputy Director (AI Governance), AI SingaporeDeputy Director, Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law Mr Varun Seetharaman Student InternNUS FinTech Lab, School of Computing One article on CNET, the American website that covers and reviews technology and consumer electronics, was titled  “What is a…

Written By: Professor Hahn JungpilVice Dean, CommunicationsDirector, NUS Fintech LabDeputy Director (AI Governance), AI SingaporeDeputy Director, Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law Ms Hannah Rose Lee Student InternNUS FinTech Lab, School of Computing There are many reservations about the use of AI by dominant institutions and companies – namely, the lack of…