… Here are five times AI put governments in a spot over the past two years: South Africa’s AI policy At least six of the 67 sources in the bibliography of the Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy published in April were AI hallucinations, according to a letter from civil rights group Article… …
… Africa’s AI sovereignty relies on governance, technical expertise, and political structures. …
… The position of farmers in the U.S. and the E.U. “is underpinned by robust property rights laws that treat land ownership as a fundamental and highly protected private right,” David Nagtzaam , a Portugal-based expert who helps organizations with AI transformation and governance, told Rest of World . …
… The key question now is whether the Oversight Board has the capacity and regional reach to identify systemic harms at scale and create precedents that actually shifts product and policy decisions, Rachel Adams, founder and CEO of the Global Center on AI Governance and author of The New Empire of AI… …
… These have to be “matched by investment in talent, compute, infrastructure, and credible governance if it is to produce a thriving and resilient AI ecosystem,” he said. …
… In the U.S., sales were slightly down last year, with policy shifts making it harder to manufacture and afford EVs. …
… During the annual parliamentary meeting this month, the Chinese leadership laid out plans to expand AI adoption across the economy. “China is like a giant Silicon Valley,” Lin Zhang, an associate professor at the University of New Hampshire who researches China’s digital economy, told Rest of World… …
… Electric vehicle trade The U.S. has essentially banned Chinese electric vehicle imports with high tariffs and regulations — a policy that has contributed to slower EV adoption in the country. …
… The government’s recent and proposed amendments “are geared towards signalling to platforms that they need to comply, while also making it harder for them to contest or push back,” Prateek Waghre, a technologist-turned-public policy researcher and a fellow with the Tech Policy Press nonprofit, told… …
… By Yashraj Sharma Ideas 26 March 2025 A former Meta employee reviews the new Facebook memoir Sarah Wynn-Williams’ memoir is a courageous feat, but it glosses over her own indifference to warnings from policymakers, civil society, and internal teams outside the U.S. about serious harm to communities… …