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SUMMARY:What does the Labour Party need to know about AI Openness?
DESCRIPTION:While the Risk Summit is focusing on existential threats\, this session will focus on the real challenges\, risks and benefits of AI and how AI Openness impact these. \nSpeakers: \nDragonfly CTO & BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group Chair – Adam Leon Smith \nLabour Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Economy – Alex Davies-Jones \nOpenUK CEO – Amanda Brock – Moderator \nMeta Director of Public Policy – Chris Yiu \nOpenUK AI info: \nOpenUK produced its first report on AI Openness on 13 July 2023\, https://openuk.uk/stateofopen/ \nand then on 18 July supported Meta’s Llama 2 launch as a global partner\, https://ai.meta.com/llama/ \n  \nOur speakers: \nAdam Leon Smith \n \nAdam Leon Smith is Chair of the BCS Fellows Technical Advisory Group\, and CTO of Dragonfly. He has two decades of experience of verifying and validating complex systems\, ranging from challenger banks to critical national infrastructure. He has been working on AI standardisation projects for five years with ISO/IEC and CEN/CENELEC. \nAlex Davies Jones \n \nAlexandra Davies-Jones is a Welsh politician serving as Member of Parliament for Pontypridd since 2019. A member of the Labour Party\, she is Shadow Minister for Tech and Digital Econonmy. \nChris Yiu \n \nChris Yiu is Director of Public Policy at Meta\, where he leads the company’s public policy teams across Northern Europe. Meta operates a range of apps including Facebook\, Instagram and WhatsApp\, produces the Meta Quest line of VR devices\, and is pioneering an open approach to AI and innovation. He is also a non-executive director of the Tony Blair Institute\, an advisor at the David Hume Institute\, and a trustee of the ENABLE Group. \nAmanda Brock \n \nAmanda Brock is CEO of OpenUK\, the UK organisation for the business of Open Technology. A lawyer of 25 years’ experience\, she previously chaired the Open Source and IP Advisory Group of the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs\, sat on the OASIS Open Projects\, Initiative and UK Government Energy Sector Digitalisation Task Force Advisory Boards and was an elected Board Member of the Open Source Initiative. She was General Counsel of Canonical for 5 years from 2008 and set up and ran their legal function. Amanda is an appointed member of the Cabinet Office’s Open Standards Board; Member of the British Computer Society Inaugural Influence Board; Advisory Board Member Mimoto; and European Representative of the Open Invention Network.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/what-does-the-labour-party-need-to-know-about-ai-openness/
LOCATION:Tate Liverpool\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:OpenUK Black History Month Lunch
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URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-black-history-month-lunch/
LOCATION:House of Lords\, Parliament Square\, London\, SW1A 0PW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:OpenUK Events
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SUMMARY:OpenUK London Meetup #8: Future of Open Source in 2024
DESCRIPTION:Join OpenUK on Tuesday 24 October for our next OpenUK community meetup\, which has us starting to think about what we want open source to look like in 2024. What roles are needed? \nHow can we create stronger communities? Any project goals? Anything the OpenUK community can help with? \nWe wont have a speaker at this event as it’s a fishbowl and this is your opportunity to swim in our bowl and share your thoughts on the future of open source software. \nEvery attendee – online or in person – can chose to put their name forward into a prize draw to win a free ticket to the Second Annual State of Open Con taking place on 7-8 February\, 2024\, in central London. So this won’t be a night to be missed! \n6:30pm: Arrive\, grab a bev\, a slice and a chat.\n7:30pm: We will kick off with a couple ice breakers and then jump right into the main event.\n7:45pm: The main activity format will be a fishbowl:\nfive seats at the front of the room\, with one always empty.\nIf a fifth sits down\, one of the others gets up. A continuous discussion that flows around a topic. Anyone is welcome to jump right into the “bowl” at any time with questions\, topics or responses.\n(Live stream will also allow remote joiners to participate)\n8:45-9pm: Raffle winner announcement\, cleanup and goodbyes. \nEverybody is also welcome to join online. \nWe will even have a computer ready to fill that fourth seat if online participants raise their hands to join the discussion. (Log-in details will be sent out to all attendees the night before.) \nPlease remember to bring your I.D. if you are attending in person\, as it is required to access the venue. \nThank you to our sponsors Avanade for providing this great space! \nBy attending this or any OpenUK event\, you are adhering to our Code of Respect and OpenUK’s Competition Policy\nPlease read ahead. \nIf you would like to hear more about OpenUK’s other events\, you can join our Newsletter.
URL:https://openuk.uk/event-calendar/openuk-london-meetup-8-future-of-open-source-in-2024/
LOCATION:Avanade\, 30 Fenchurch St\, London\, City of London\, EC3M 3BD\, United Kingdom
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