Responsible, by ClearOPS

Hello, and welcome to Responsible, by ClearOPS, a newsletter about ResponsibleAI and other responsible business practices.

Well that was rough. I decided to hold off sending this newsletter, which I normally do on Tuesday nights, because of the US election. Now that that is over, we can get back to the responsibilities in business!

Do you know what is responsible? Forwarding this email to someone who you know cares about AI Governance. C’mon, help me help the world!

What I have for you this week:

• Who Should Govern AI Governance?

• What is the future for Responsible AI?

• Caroline’s weekly musings

• Chef Maggie Recommends

• AI Tool of the Week

• AI Bites

This past week I spoke to Imad Antoine Ibrahim who co-authored a paper called, AI Governance in a Complex and Rapidly Changing Regulatory Landscape: A Global Perspective.

When I was in high school, I signed up for a mock debate as an international lawyer. I absolutely loved it and it fortified my decision to become an international lawyer. I then went to college and graduated with a degree in International Relations.

It was not until I got to law school that I realized, there is no such thing as an international lawyer. Whomp.

But with the wave of AI regulations and the call to action for a global regulatory body, I am not surprised by how drawn I am to this issue. It is basically international law.

Imad takes the position that AI regulation should be transnational.

Our conversation was really interesting and I am going to turn it into a blog post, but I want to leave you with this thought: Should regulation try to cover all the issues in AI, or should it cover one simple issue? That one issue being that AI needs active human oversight. If it is just that issue, then the regulatory requirement, and enforcement, is simply about whether or not you have an AI governance program if you use AI in your business.

We are all thinking about it, so let’s address the elephant in the room. What does a Trump Presidency mean for AI innovation? How about AI governance?

I do not know the answer to that question, but I find it an interesting one.

Let me set the stage. Trump and Elon Musk had a conversation on X where Mr. Musk suggested a committee that would audit the government for efficiency with the idea of reducing the number of agencies.

President Trump then suggested Elon run that commission. Elon apparently accepted. I haven’t talked a lot about Elon Musk’s contribution to the AI race, but Grok is a competitive chatbot and Elon has made it clear AI is a priority for him (considering he was one of the original co-founders of OpenAI).