On November 30th and December 1st, global leaders in research, industry, thought and policy including multiple members of Congress convened at the George Washington University for the fifth edition of the Athens Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law, a summit on ethical AI development and governance.
Co-founded and sponsored by the nonprofit The Future Society, this year’s edition of the roundtable featured more than a dozen co-sponsors, including the Elliott School’s Institute for International Science and Technology Policy; the GWU NIST-NSF Institute for Trustworthy AI in Law & Society; the Embassy of Greece in Washington, D.C.; OECD; World Bank; Center for AI and Digital Policy; UNESCO; Homo Digitalis; IEEE; Paul, Weiss LLP; Arnold & Porter; and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. The event was an opportunity to share knowledge across disciplines and, through that dialogue, develop future-proof policies with real-world impact in a rapidly evolving field.
The roundtable brought past and new participants together to examine collective challenges, including increasing safety and security concerns, the ubiquitous presence of generative AI in consumer digital products and services, increased concentration of power by big technology corporations, shifts in geopolitical dynamics, and the growing need for international coordination on trustworthy AI.
Full recordings from the two-day event can be accessed via the Day 1 and Day 2 playlists. And for more, don’t miss the GWToday article on the conference.