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One week until The Athens Roundtable returns on December 4! Last year, The Sixth Edition of The Athens Roundtable sparked groundbreaking conversations, forged new connections, and played a catalytic role for the field of AI governance. This year, at The Seventh Edition, we are raising the bar. Join global leaders, policymakers, and innovators as they tackle AI’s most pressing challenges and imagine better futures through AI governance. Don’t miss your chance to gain insights from our program of panels, keynotes, and fireside chats that will delve into the biggest challenges and opportunities for our field. Register here for the interactive livestream: https://lnkd.in/gxnpxjvp #AIAthens2025 #AIGovernance

As AI accelerates, what will this mean for the next generation—and for the systems that govern our world? On December 4, The Seventh Edition of The Athens Roundtable will bring together leading AI experts and policy practitioners to explore some of the most pressing questions in AI governance today. Here’s a preview of four sessions on this year’s agenda, focusing on consequential topics: 💡 What policymakers should know about frontier AI capabilities 💡 Protecting children from AI harms 💡 The AI policy landscape across jurisdictions 💡 AI and geopolitics ➡️ Swipe to see the speakers and dive deeper into each session. These sessions represent just a portion of the full program. See what's on our agenda here: https://lnkd.in/gxnpxjvp Don’t miss your chance to hear from leaders shaping the future of AI policy worldwide #AIAthens2025 #AIGovernance #AIPolicy 

Wondering what OpenAI’s new foundation means for the field of AI governance? Our Executive Director Nick Moës shared insights with Inside Philanthropy about the recent announcement, as well as why it’s important that the philanthropic and nonprofit sector serve the public interest when it comes to AI. Read the full piece: https://lnkd.in/giby_7VR

How can mid-sized economies develop competitive frontier AI models while preserving sovereignty? Read the just-published blueprint by 30 experts from 10 countries, including our Director of European AI Governance Yohann Ralle ⤵️

𝟰 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 📅 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 As AI systems accelerate in power and impact, so does the need for trusted, transparent, and rights-respecting governance. This year’s Athens Roundtable brings together global leaders across policy, law, standards, civil society, and industry to focus on one urgent mission:  𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝘂𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀? In a new AI Wonk blog post, Delfina Belli and Anoush Rima Tatevossian from The Future Society unpack what to expect this year — from discussions on risk mitigation and governance frameworks to the implementation of trustworthy AI across sectors. Whether you work on AI policy, safety, standards, ethics, compliance, or digital governance, this edition will be especially relevant. 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 — so you can follow the sessions from anywhere. 👇 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. #AI #AthenRoundtable #AIPolicy #AIGovernance #OECD #TrustworthyAI #AIWonk #TheFutureSociety

Last call for applications for our Operations Analyst role ⏰ Submit by Wednesday, November 25. Come be part of our high-performing Ops team and help strengthen the systems that power The Future Society's AI governance impact.  ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/ev3hede3

For The Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law on Dec. 4, we’re bringing together some of the most influential voices in the AI governance field to address urgent and high-stakes questions. These leaders are not only analyzing challenges related to AI risks, but actively building the solutions that we will rely on in the coming years. Here are some of the speakers who will share their vital insights: Vilas Dhar, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation Tim Clement-Jones, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence, UK House of Lords Neema K. Lugangira, African Parliamentary Network on Internet Governance Elham Tabassi, The Brookings Institution Margaret Satterthwaite, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Robert Trager, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative Liam Booth-Smith, Anthropic #AIAthens2025 #AIGovernance

High-risk industries have learned about the need for serious incident prevention the hard way, with regulatory efforts coming after major harms occurred. Toxic disasters in the chemical industry led to the introduction of major accident prevention policies. Airliner collisions led to strict licensing and certification regimes and independent investigation systems. As frontier AI becomes more powerful and widespread, what can the AI industry take away from other sectors in order to avoid a major disaster? To answer this question, Sven Herrmann and Toni Lorente from our European AI Governance team analyzed legislation in other safety-critical industries and explored what analogous measures could look like for the frontier AI industry. This leads to concrete recommendations for the EU AI Office, building on  existing elements in the EU AI Act and Code of Practice. Read the analysis blog post to find out:  ▪️ Why we should act now on serious AI incident prevention ▪️ How major disasters pushed other industries to implement accident prevention policies ▪️ Existing accident prevention approaches and what this could look like for the frontier AI industry  ▪️ What the European Union should do next on serious AI incident prevention 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gRX4WDcx