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Regulating AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a stage of maturity and extensive application across supply chains and manufacturing, in automation, public governance, media and entertainment. While industries and societies are quick in the uptake of AI to harness benefits and opportunities, many governments are catching up to develop responsible and appropriate regulatory frameworks, to prevent immense possible harm of mismanaged AI.

During this active shaping process, the European Commission has unveiled its draft AI Act (AIA) in April 2021; ongoing discussion and a law-making process that seeks to establish key agenda and practices in the field of AI regulation continues in the EU Parliament in 2022. Simultaneously in the past 2-3 years, a number of Asian countries are actively rolling out policy papers, laws, and guidelines stages concerning AI regulation, embracing different emphases and approaches.

The Hong Kong office of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung (hbs) and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) are inviting to a series of three webinars that bring together experts and interested audiences from the Asia-Pacific region and Europe to discuss current ideas and approaches around the regulation of AI including:

  • What kind of regulatory regime can put effective checks on misuse or socially dangerous developments without harming technological progress in the field?
  • How can accountability of AI-supported decision-making be secured if the details of the process cannot be fully and transparently explained?
  • How is it possible, in an environment of large-scale data usage, to safeguard privacy and data protection?

The series seeks to share best practices, developments and governance frameworks, to deepen insights how to address AI-related governance and policy challenges globally.

Activities

Together we held 3 joint online expert forums focusing on Asia-Europe dialogue on AI regulation and governance, on 3 critical themes of debate that stand at the frontier of current attempts to develop AI regulatory policy and are likely to constitute future-shaping parameters on how AI will be implemented in global industries and societies. Participants include governmental and non-governmental actors and experts from Asia and Europe involved in the wider process of tech regulation.

Deliverables included 3 webinars, video recordings, web articles, and followed by a publication of a policy insight brief developed from the proceedings.

The Heinrich Böll Stiftung

The Heinrich Böll Stiftung (HBS), from Germany with a global network of more than 30 offices, is involved in the discussion regulatory and governance issues of digitalization especially through its Brussels, Washington and Hong Kong offices and its head office in Berlin. hbs is networked to relevant actors especially in Europe, including civil society and members of parliament, policy-makers and other experts involved in the EU’s AI Law initiative. Visit their website here.

Resources
[Whitepaper] Generative AI in Higher Education: Current Practices and Ways Forward
Authors: Danny Y.T. Liu, Simon Bates The Whitepaper is a main outcome of the project “Generative AI in Higher Education”, conducted by the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) with the generous support of Microsoft. Following a survey of case studies demonstrating the current use of AI in APRU member universities, three workshops throughout 2024 – including an in-person workshop hosted by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in June 2024 – brought AI experts together to assess the case studies and develop scenarios and paradigms of what AI-enhanced universities might look like in 2035. The Whitepaper presents both a framework for action and a call for transformative change in how we prepare students, educators, academics, and administrators for an AI-enabled future. Our work has identified five interdependent elements essential for successful generative AI integration, forming the ‘CRAFT’ framework – culture, rules, access, familiarity, and trust. We propose two key priorities for immediate sector-wide action. First, the formation of collaborative clusters where universities move beyond competition to cooperation in key areas including joint development of generative AI applications and pedagogical approaches, shared frameworks for assessment redesign, coordinated advocacy for equitable access, combined faculty development initiatives, and unified governance frameworks that respect local contexts. Second, the elevation of students as partners through peer-to-peer support networks, student AI ambassador programs, co-design of learning experiences, direct input into assessment redesign, and collaborative resource development.
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