Governing Through the Cloud: The Role of Compute Providers in AI Regulation
Registration is not required for this event
As jurisdictions worldwide started regulating the most powerful AI systems, there is a growing need for effective enforcement mechanisms that can both verify compliance and respond to violations.

What role can compute providers such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud play in supporting AI governance frameworks? Is it possible to establish a harmonised international compute oversight scheme among governments with competing political interests? What lessons can we learn from existing international cooperation frameworks in other industries to inform global AI regulation?

Join us for a presentation of key authors of our recent paper: Governing Through the Cloud: The Intermediary Role of Compute Providers in AI Regulation. We will delve deeper into these questions in a panel discussion with leading scholars from computer science, international relations, and beyond.

Presentation
Lennart Heim: Research Fellow, Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI),
Janet Egan: Researcher, Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center

Panel discussion
Vili Lehdonvirta: Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research, Oxford Internet Institute
Noa Zilberman: Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Robert Trager: Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
Date: 26 April 2024, 14:00 (Friday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Various Speakers
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Nikki Sun (Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative)
Organiser contact email address: nikki.sun@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Robert Trager (University of Oxford)
Part of: Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative events
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/governing-through-the-cloud/
Audience: Public
Editor: Nikki Sun