CSET Events

A Year-End Review

Recapping Global AI Governance Efforts

On November 14, CSET held a discussion on global developments in AI governance over the past year.

This time last year seemed to herald a landmark period in establishing AI governance regimes around the world. After ChatGPT and other AI tools burst onto the scene, U.S. policymakers issued new executive orders, hosted hearings and high-profile learning sessions, and developed new frameworks and standards to support the safe and secure development of AI. Elsewhere, the European Union worked to finalize its AI Act, and China announced its Global AI Governance Initiative. One year later, where do the promises and commitments to govern AI stand?

On November 14, we looked back on the past year of global AI governance efforts, evaluating the progress made, the work still to be done, and the implications of actions by global partners and competitors for U.S. strategy moving forward. CSET Associate Director of Analysis Owen J. Daniels moderated a conversation with CSET researchers Mia Hoffmann, Mina Narayanan, and Cole McFaul, as they surveyed governance developments from around the world. The moderated discussion was followed by an audience Q&A.

Final Recording

Participants

Mia Hoffmann is a Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) where she works on AI Assessment. Prior to joining CSET she worked at the European Commission and Bruegel, an economic policy think tank based in Brussels. In this role, she studied artificial intelligence adoption in Europe and labor market implications of emerging technology. Her work highlights the risks associated with the excessive use of algorithmic management and surveillance systems in workplaces and the disproportionate impact on historically vulnerable groups. Mia holds a BSc in International Economics from the University of Tuebingen in Germany, and a MSc in Economics from Lund University in Sweden.  

Mina Narayanan is a Research Analyst at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET). Prior to joining CSET, she worked at the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau of Consular Affairs where she monitored developments and prepared correspondence for international child abduction cases. Previously, she leveraged topic modeling to analyze research portfolios at the National Institute of Nursing Research and helped create a classification scheme with the Open Government Partnership to guide member countries in combating tax evasion. Mina holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering with a Minor in Political Science from Auburn University and a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Cole McFaul is a Research Analyst at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he mainly focuses on emerging technology issues in the Asia-Pacific and China’s science and technology ecosystem. Prior to joining CSET, Cole researched the political economy of China’s international engagement strategies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University. Cole holds a B.A. in Political Science and an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University.

Owen J. Daniels is Associate Director of Analysis and Andrew W. Marshall Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where he works on military and AI governance issues and supports the Analysis Team portfolio. Prior to joining CSET, he worked in the Joint Advanced Warfighting Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), where he researched the ethical implications of artificial intelligence and autonomy, autonomous weapons norms, and joint operational concepts, among other issues. He has also worked as an Associate Director in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and as a defense researcher at Aviation Week Magazine. He was a 2022-2023 Penn Kemble Forum Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy. Owen attended Princeton University, where he majored in International Relations with minors in Arabic Language and Near Eastern Studies, and he is a Master’s in Public Policy candidate at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy.