This week's DigiLinkIT brings news from a world grappling with advanced technology and ongoing conflict. The EU takes a pioneering step in regulating AI, while Finland strengthens its global standing. Articles explore the challenges of large groups, refugee education, and the second year of war in Ukraine. Tributes pour in for opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and global concerns rise over China's alleged use of AI for election interference. We close with discussions on the potential legal battles surrounding the US ban on TikTok and a Canadian report on future disruptions.
The new rules establish obligations for providers and users depending on the level of risk from artificial intelligence. While many AI systems pose minimal risk, they need to be assessed. Unacceptable risk AI systems are systems considered a threat to people and will be banned. They include: Cognitive behavioural manipulation of people or specific...
A new poll shows that Finns overwhelmingly place more trust in the office of the president than in any other institution or organisation.
Finnish passport holders have visa-free access to a total of 193 countries, up from 189 last year.
Have you noticed that people in small groups are pretty much self-organizing? We instinctually pitch in… and we keep tabs on who cheats, who shares, and who plays fair. Cooperation literally built into our DNA, part of our evolutionary inheritance as a social species.There’s a hitch, though. At about 150 people, our social instincts begin to break down....
When it comes to humanitarian crises the first response focuses on saving lives through the provision of shelter, water, food and medical support. As this phase of humanitarian response slowly makes way to early recovery other parts of the response system kick in, including Education in Emergencies. https://reliefweb.int/topics/cluster-coordination...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] The second year of Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion brought no respite for Ukrainian soldiers or civilians.Associated Press photographers documented the past 12 months of death and destruction, agony and grief — as well as the glimpses of joy —...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] With portraits, candles and flowers, thousands of people around the world paid their respects Friday to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after Russia’s prison agency announced he had died in an Arctic penal colony at age 47.Among Russians living abroad, there...
Among other things, the president said that Europe needs to be more active in supporting Ukraine.
Alexander Martin, The Record, Mar 13, 2024 Summary of the AI Act approved by the European Parliament today. As mentioned previously, it is a risk-based approach, categorizing AI by the potential for harm, and limiting use accordingly. For educators, there are some implications: "banning biometric categorisation...
The European Union has adopted landmark new regulation that aims to protect its citizens from high-risk AI. The AI Act, approved by the EU today, aims to "protect fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental sustainability from high-risk AI, while boosting innovation and establishing Europe as a leader in the field," a press release...
The report will aim to provide a holistic view of how Europe can become more crisis-resilient.
The Chinese government also aims to interfere with elections in India and South Korea.
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that could effectively ban TikTok in the U.S. — but it's not going to be that easy.The bill requires ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to sell its shares in the app to a buyer that meets U.S. government requirements within 270 days. Failure to do so would result in cloud providers and app stores...
Policy Horizons Canada, May 09, 2024 This report speaks more to the broader futurist ambitions of this newsletter than to educational technology (EdTech) specifically. Apparently there's a brach of the Canadian government called Policy Horizons Canada (who knew?) and this report reflects what they see as...
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