National Technology reports ‘UK government needs to avoid ‘open washing’ in AI Act, says Open UK’
If the Labour Party makes legislation on AI they must understand Open Washing says OpenUK.
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UKTech reports ‘UK AI legislation must avoid ‘open washing’, says industry group’
OpenUK warns of the risk of not understanding what openness in AI is and asks new government to understand it as it looks to any level of legislation.
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Nature reports Not all ‘open source’ AI models are actually open: here’s a ranking
This sliding-scale approach to analysing openness is a useful and practical one, says Amanda Brock, chief executive officer of OpenUK, a London-based not-for-profit company that focuses on open technology.
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Amanda Brock quoted in ITPro’s look at the Conservative and Labour Party election manifestos
Amanda Brock was quoted in ITPro’s look at the Conservative and Labour Party election manifestos. Labour lays out its manifesto promises for UK tech – here’s what you need to know.
Conservative Manifesto misses an opportunity to solidify a concrete tech strategy says Amanda Brock
IT Pro reports conservative Party “misses the opportunity” to solidify a concrete tech strategy in new manifesto, experts suggest. Amanda Brock was quoted in this article.
Amanda Brock is listed in the 100 Leaders in Tech list for a second year by Computing
Amanda Brock is listed in the 100 Leaders in Tech list for a second year by Computing.
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The UK has a late-mover advantage in AI regulation
Amanda Brock’s opinion article on UKTech News. The European Union’s delight in being the first to regulate AI anywhere in the world may well see a less-than-happy ending. Much like the fable of the tortoise and the hare, the EU hare has rushed into detailed regulation on something it really doesn’t – and couldn’t –
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Politico quoted Amanda Brock on reacting to Baroness Stowell’s letter on copyright
Amanda Brock was quoted in a tier 1 publication by Politico on reacting to Baroness Stowell’s letter on copyright. This was published in a follow-up on the topic for newsletter subscribers.
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Discussing the IBM acquisition of Hashicorp and its impact on Cloud and open source with Cliff Saran at Computer Weekly
Discussing the IBM acquisition of Hashicorp and its impact on Cloud and open source with Cliff Saran at Computer Weekly IBM sees a big opportunity to migrate customers away from VMware onto OpenShift, with its $6.4bn acquisition of HashiCorp part of the plan. Amanda Brock, CEO of OpenUK said the acquisition of HashiCorp “enables IBM to strengthen
The state of open source in Europe – Inside the key themes from this year’s main open-source developers’ event
TNW reported on 2024’s main open source developers’ events and its key themes, featuring SOOCon and quoted Amanda Brock. The article highlighted SOOCON AI consultation sessions with the UK’s science and innovation department and Home Office.