Speaker: Sayeed Choudhury, Carnegie Mellon Libraries, USA
Moderator: Helga Nowotny , Complexity Science Hub, Vienna, AT
Abstract: In February 2024, Columbia University in the US co-hosted a workshop with Mozilla that resulted in a paper “Towards a Framework for Openness in Foundation Models: Proceedings from the Columbia Convening on Openness in Artificial Intelligence.” Using this framework, this talk will offer an update on developments related to openness in AI since February 2024, with an emphasis on the imperative to advance this framework and develop an open technology stack for AI. Such a stack will be important to advance human-centered, responsible, transparent, and participatory AI.This topic is particularly important in the European context, given the EU AI Act and increasing calls for digital sovereignty. Taking a global perspective, the talk will also highlight the difference between sovereignty and agency, particularly as it relates to nations without resources to build their own foundation models.
Participate via Zoom (Password: 0dzqxqiy).
The talk will also be live-streamed and recorded on the DIGHUM YouTube Channel.