The Forum for Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence (FCAI), a collaboration between the Brookings Institution and the Centre for European Policy Studies, hosts regular AI dialogues among high-level officials from seven governments (Australia, Canada, EU, Japan, Singapore, U.K., and the U.S.) as well as experts from industry, civil society, and academia, aimed at identifying opportunities for international cooperation on AI regulation, standards, and research and development. Many of the ideas and policy recommendations from the dialogues are reflected in FCAI reports and blogs.
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Can democracies cooperate with China on AI research?
China looms large in the global landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) research, development, and policymaking. Its talent, growing technological skill and innovation, and national investment in science and technology have made it a leader in AI. Over more than two decades, China has become deeply enmeshed in the international network of AI research and development […]
AI cooperation on the ground: AI research and development on a global scale
Introduction The Forum for Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence (FCAI) has investigated opportunities and obstacles for international cooperation to foster development of responsible artificial intelligence (AI). It has brought together officials from seven governments (Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and United States with experts from industry, academia, and civil society to […]
Strengthening international cooperation on AI
Executive Summary International cooperation on artificial intelligence—why, what, and how Since 2017, when Canada became the first country to adopt a national AI strategy, at least 60 countries have adopted some form of policy for artificial intelligence (AI). The prospect of an estimated boost of 16 percent, or US$13 trillion, to global output by 2030 […]
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Critical Technology Standards Metric
The Critical Technology Standards Metric (CTSM) assesses the capacity of governments, industry and civil society in the Asia-Pacific to engage in the development of and use of critical technology standards in key standards setting bodies.
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The US government should regulate AI if it wants to lead on international AI governance
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Why international cooperation matters in the development of artificial intelligence strategies
In October, the Forum for Cooperation on Artificial Intelligence (FCAI), a multistakeholder dialogue among high-level government officials and experts from industry, civil society, and academia, released an interim report taking stock of the current landscape for international cooperation on AI and offering recommendations to make further progress. FCAI publicly launched the report as part of […]
Strengthening international cooperation on artificial intelligence
Contents Summary Challenge Limits of historic and existing policies Policy recommendations Summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially transformational technology that will have broad social, economic, national security, and geopolitical implications for the United States and the world.1 AI is not one particular technology but a general-purpose technology combining software and hardware in systems that enable […]
The EU AI Act will have global impact, but a limited Brussels Effect
The European Union’s (EU) AI Act (AIA) aspires to establish the first comprehensive regulatory scheme for artificial intelligence, but its impact will not stop at the EU’s borders. In fact, some EU policymakers believe it is a critical goal of the AIA to set a worldwide standard, so much so that some refer to a […]
The European Union AI Act: Next steps and issues for building international cooperation in AI
In April of 2021, the European Commission submitted its proposal for a European Union regulatory framework on artificial intelligence. The Artificial Intelligence Act represents the first attempt globally to horizontally regulate artificial intelligence (AI). The extraterritorial application of the AI Act and its likely demonstration effect (the so-called “Brussels effect”) for policymakers means that the […]
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Cameron F. Kerry
Cam_KerryCameron F. Kerry is the first Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Governance Studies and the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings Institution and visiting scholar with the MIT Media Lab. As General Counsel and Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce, he led development of domestic consumer privacy policy and interactions with trading partners on the flow of information and technology across international borders data.
Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow
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Joshua P. Meltzer
JoshuaPMeltzerDr. Joshua Meltzer is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. He works on international economic relations with a focus on the intersection of digital technology and international trade and investment. He was an expert witness in the Schrems II litigation in Europe on data flows and privacy and a consultant to the World Bank on trade and privacy matters, as well as the G-20 and APEC on data governance issues. He is also a member of the Australian government’s National Data Advisory Council. Meltzer also teaches digital trade law at the University of Melbourne and has taught digital trade law as an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto, McGill University and taught an ecommerce course for the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office diplomatic academy.
Senior Fellow
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Andrea Renda
profAndreaRendaAndrea Renda is a Senior Research Fellow at CEPS in Brussels (Belgium), and a Professor of Digital Policy at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy). An expert in the regulation of emerging technologies with a multi-disciplinary background, Andrea was a member of the EU High Level Expert Group on AI and is now the Co-Chair of the working group on Tools and Accountability of the OECD Network of AI Experts.
Senior Research Fellow and Head of Global Governance, Regulation, Innovation and the Digital Economy (GRID)
