Alex Engler

European Union flag at half mast

Platform data access is a lynchpin of the EU’s Digital Services Act

Friday, January 15, 2021

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about health care and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) at the theater serving as his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

How Biden can take the high road on misinformation

Monday, December 21, 2020

If not AI ethicists like Timnit Gebru, who will hold Big Tech accountable?

Thursday, December 17, 2020

A general view of the White House in Washington, D.C.

New White House guidance downplays important AI harms

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

A view of Zhangbei data center of Alibaba is pictured in Zhangbei county, Zhangjiakou city, north China's Hebei province, 12 September 2016.China's e-commerce giant Alibaba is expanding its cloud facilities vigorously. After announcing a cloud data center in Silicon Valley in the US this March, it has launched a large cloud data center in North China. The Zhangbei cloud data center broke ground in the Miaotan Industrial Park in Zhangbei County, Hebei Province, in April 2015. It is expected to host 80 percent of Alibaba's cloud and big data in North China and to serve as the group's North China settlement center. Currently, cloud only accounts for one percent of Alibaba's total income, but the group has bet its future on cloud. The Zhangbei data center, which covers about 165 acres, will cost 18 billion yuan (US$2.9 billion), according to Haifeng Qu, research fellow in the technical support department of Alibaba.No Use China. No Use France.

Tech cannot be governed without access to its data

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Acronym GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) designed on an iPhone screen. Montreal (Canada), July 28th, 2019.Sigle GAFA (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) forme avec les icones des applications mobiles. Montreal (Canada), le 28 juillet 2019.NO USE FRANCE

In Congress’s big tech hearing, look beyond ‘technology policy’

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks about a chart showing discharges verses new covid-19 hospitalizations during his Saturday, April 18, 2020, press conference at War Memorial in Trenton, NJ, on the State's response to the coronavirus.Governor Murphy Press Conference

A call for a new generation of COVID-19 models

Thursday, April 23, 2020

U.S. and European Union flags are pictured during the visit of Vice President Mike Pence to the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir - RTSZI3F

The U.S. and EU should base AI regulations on shared democratic values

Cameron F. Kerry, Joshua P. Meltzer, and Alex Engler

Monday, March 2, 2020

European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC1198648440

The European Commission considers new regulations and enforcement for “high-risk” AI

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Visitors check their phones behind the screen advertising facial recognition software during Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) at the National Convention in Beijing, China April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RC1838EC3EA0

For some employment algorithms, disability discrimination by default

Thursday, October 31, 2019