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Name: Nii Simmonds
Current city: Washington, DC
Current job: Nonresident Senior Fellow at the GeoTech Center at the Atlantic Council
Past job: Senior Advisor at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown University
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Q. What can innovators learn from policymakers? Write, speak, and network to influence decision-making and job oportunities/consulting gigs should follow.
Q. What can policymakers learn from innovators? Mentor, advise and join a startup. Also, invest in one: lose some capital, learn from this experience to understand how entrepreneurs and innovators scale an idea or concept for commercialization.
Q. How are you currently bridging the gap between innovation and regulation? I'm focused on writing, speaking, and commentating on the nexus of African emerging tech and critical minerals into Western supply chains. Additionally, I'm mentoring and empowering more diverse professionals in tech policy - there is a lack of people of color in tech policy to support trade, competitiveness, and national security.
Q. Job advice in three words? Never give up!
Q. Can you describe a skill that has always proved to be valuable in your career? Learn the art of networking.
Q. Why are you part of TheBridge community? Why do you think it's important this community exists for tech, policy, and political professionals? Having a community of diverse individuals is good for supporting the future leaders of this country. I’m here to support through my network, offer advice, and look for opportunities.
Q. Favorite books you recommend? Innovator's Dilemma and The Daily Stoic
More with Nii in his full profile HERE!
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DAILY DOWNLOAD
CROSS TALK: where tech and politics intersect
Online Safety Bill becomes law. ( BBC)
Ahead of AI Summit, PM lays out vision for new global AI safety bodies: Defends seeking Chinese buy-in for new AI governance initiatives set to launch next week. ( Politico EU)
Next Senate AI Insight Forum to focus on the impacts of AI on the workforce, areas of “high impact.” ( FedScoop)
White House unveiling sweeping AI executive order next week. ( Washington Post)
Researchers from MIT, Cohere for AI, others launch platform to track and filter audited AI datasets from . ( Venture Beat)
Kids are attending virtual pro-Palestine protests on Roblox. ( CNBC)
Paper: Recommendations For Using Red-Teaming For AI Accountability, from Data & Society
TECH TALK:
WHAT WE'RE STREAMING - Why Medium is opting out of AI, an interview with Medium's CEO Tony Stubblebine on the Equity podcast from TechCrunch
OpenAI creates Preparedness: A new team to assess, evaluate, and probe AI models to protect against “catastrophic risks”, including nuclear threats. ( TechCrunch)
Interview with OpenAI’s chief scientist on his hopes and fears for the future of AI. ( MIT Technology Review)
Google updates Maps with a flurry of AI features. ( Engadget)
Amazon's new AI product image generator. ( Venture Beat)
Sam Bankman-Fried takes the stand in his fraud trial. ( CNN)
Uber now offering rides in self-driving Waymo cars: In Phoenix. ( CNBC)
Spam is about to go to a whole new level. ( TechCrunch)
POLICY/POLITICS DOWNLOAD:
WHAT WE'RE STREAMING - Why do we need the UK AI Safety Summit? on the In AI We Trust podcast
What the UN Advisory Body on AI will do. ( TIME)
How to make government technology better: In Boston, government technologies are run by in-house product managers who are able to make policy decisions. ( MIT Technology Review)
Biden’s name won't appear on the New Hampshire primary ballot: What happens next? ( AP)
Also, the ways AI is already woven into the fabric of our daily lives.
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