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The 4-days event was full of interesting speeches. We were there and picked out a few, the content of which we share with you to give you a little taste of the event!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHow secure is our data?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nMeredith Whittaker, Signal\u2019s President, and ethical AI researcher <\/span>expressed her worries about the big tech companies’<\/span><\/b> \u201csurveillance business model\u201d which as she commented, \u201cfundamentally undermines privacy\u201d. For this, Mrs. Wittaker underlined the necessity of relevant regulations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nCan AI contribute to sustainability?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nMelanie Nakagawa, Microsoft\u2019s chief sustainability officer, talked about the climate solutions that AI brings. Although she recognized that \u201cnext-gen AI comes with increased resource demands\u201d which means more emissions, she argued that \u201c<\/span>AI has the power to unlock enormous possibilities in sustainability<\/span><\/b>\u201d by mentioning several recent examples of saving energy and resources with AI seen at a demo in London in recent months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHow can AI help in work?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nAlbert Wenger, managing partner of Union Square Ventures,\u00a0presented a positive vision of Artificial Intelligence. He argued that <\/span>AI could liberate humans from unnecessary work<\/span><\/b>, and it could not lead to the loss of job positions. Moreover, he put the issue of regulations and claimed that \u201cfull permissionless innovation on even more powerful technology is, I think, faulty<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need more regulations\/governance for AI?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nOn the other side, Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT, in his speech entitled \u201cHow do we regulate AI?\u201d argued for \u201cpermissionless innovation\u201d and regarding the AI applications freely available on the market, he claimed that \u201c<\/span>if you have more upstream governance, one of the things you should expect is less innovation<\/span><\/b>\u201d. After all, according to him, \u201cInnovation is a fairly unpredictable, decentralized activity\u201d <\/span>without meaning this\u00a0complete freedom from regulations and supervision<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need to worry about AI?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nJimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, advised the tech world to remain wary of the \u201clazy alarmism\u201d regarding the rise of AI. He also expressed his satisfaction and pride that Wikipedia is a reliable source of information for AI systems training. Moreover, he encouraged people of technology to <\/span>think carefully but positively when working on AI development<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN for the first time at the Web Summit\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n![\"ICANN](\"https:\/\/www.papaki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1702460545927-1.jpg\")
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A \u2018resounding\u2019 presence was that of ICANN for the first time at the Web Summit and of the company\u2019s CEO and Interim President, Sally Costerton.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nHowever, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/p>\nHow secure is our data?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nMeredith Whittaker, Signal\u2019s President, and ethical AI researcher <\/span>expressed her worries about the big tech companies’<\/span><\/b> \u201csurveillance business model\u201d which as she commented, \u201cfundamentally undermines privacy\u201d. For this, Mrs. Wittaker underlined the necessity of relevant regulations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nCan AI contribute to sustainability?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nMelanie Nakagawa, Microsoft\u2019s chief sustainability officer, talked about the climate solutions that AI brings. Although she recognized that \u201cnext-gen AI comes with increased resource demands\u201d which means more emissions, she argued that \u201c<\/span>AI has the power to unlock enormous possibilities in sustainability<\/span><\/b>\u201d by mentioning several recent examples of saving energy and resources with AI seen at a demo in London in recent months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHow can AI help in work?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nAlbert Wenger, managing partner of Union Square Ventures,\u00a0presented a positive vision of Artificial Intelligence. He argued that <\/span>AI could liberate humans from unnecessary work<\/span><\/b>, and it could not lead to the loss of job positions. Moreover, he put the issue of regulations and claimed that \u201cfull permissionless innovation on even more powerful technology is, I think, faulty<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need more regulations\/governance for AI?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nOn the other side, Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT, in his speech entitled \u201cHow do we regulate AI?\u201d argued for \u201cpermissionless innovation\u201d and regarding the AI applications freely available on the market, he claimed that \u201c<\/span>if you have more upstream governance, one of the things you should expect is less innovation<\/span><\/b>\u201d. After all, according to him, \u201cInnovation is a fairly unpredictable, decentralized activity\u201d <\/span>without meaning this\u00a0complete freedom from regulations and supervision<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need to worry about AI?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nJimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, advised the tech world to remain wary of the \u201clazy alarmism\u201d regarding the rise of AI. He also expressed his satisfaction and pride that Wikipedia is a reliable source of information for AI systems training. Moreover, he encouraged people of technology to <\/span>think carefully but positively when working on AI development<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN for the first time at the Web Summit\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
A \u2018resounding\u2019 presence was that of ICANN for the first time at the Web Summit and of the company\u2019s CEO and Interim President, Sally Costerton.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nHowever, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Can AI contribute to sustainability?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nMelanie Nakagawa, Microsoft\u2019s chief sustainability officer, talked about the climate solutions that AI brings. Although she recognized that \u201cnext-gen AI comes with increased resource demands\u201d which means more emissions, she argued that \u201c<\/span>AI has the power to unlock enormous possibilities in sustainability<\/span><\/b>\u201d by mentioning several recent examples of saving energy and resources with AI seen at a demo in London in recent months.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHow can AI help in work?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nAlbert Wenger, managing partner of Union Square Ventures,\u00a0presented a positive vision of Artificial Intelligence. He argued that <\/span>AI could liberate humans from unnecessary work<\/span><\/b>, and it could not lead to the loss of job positions. Moreover, he put the issue of regulations and claimed that \u201cfull permissionless innovation on even more powerful technology is, I think, faulty<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need more regulations\/governance for AI?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nOn the other side, Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT, in his speech entitled \u201cHow do we regulate AI?\u201d argued for \u201cpermissionless innovation\u201d and regarding the AI applications freely available on the market, he claimed that \u201c<\/span>if you have more upstream governance, one of the things you should expect is less innovation<\/span><\/b>\u201d. After all, according to him, \u201cInnovation is a fairly unpredictable, decentralized activity\u201d <\/span>without meaning this\u00a0complete freedom from regulations and supervision<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need to worry about AI?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nJimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, advised the tech world to remain wary of the \u201clazy alarmism\u201d regarding the rise of AI. He also expressed his satisfaction and pride that Wikipedia is a reliable source of information for AI systems training. Moreover, he encouraged people of technology to <\/span>think carefully but positively when working on AI development<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN for the first time at the Web Summit\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
A \u2018resounding\u2019 presence was that of ICANN for the first time at the Web Summit and of the company\u2019s CEO and Interim President, Sally Costerton.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nHowever, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
How can AI help in work?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nAlbert Wenger, managing partner of Union Square Ventures,\u00a0presented a positive vision of Artificial Intelligence. He argued that <\/span>AI could liberate humans from unnecessary work<\/span><\/b>, and it could not lead to the loss of job positions. Moreover, he put the issue of regulations and claimed that \u201cfull permissionless innovation on even more powerful technology is, I think, faulty<\/strong>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need more regulations\/governance for AI?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nOn the other side, Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT, in his speech entitled \u201cHow do we regulate AI?\u201d argued for \u201cpermissionless innovation\u201d and regarding the AI applications freely available on the market, he claimed that \u201c<\/span>if you have more upstream governance, one of the things you should expect is less innovation<\/span><\/b>\u201d. After all, according to him, \u201cInnovation is a fairly unpredictable, decentralized activity\u201d <\/span>without meaning this\u00a0complete freedom from regulations and supervision<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need to worry about AI?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nJimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, advised the tech world to remain wary of the \u201clazy alarmism\u201d regarding the rise of AI. He also expressed his satisfaction and pride that Wikipedia is a reliable source of information for AI systems training. Moreover, he encouraged people of technology to <\/span>think carefully but positively when working on AI development<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN for the first time at the Web Summit\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
A \u2018resounding\u2019 presence was that of ICANN for the first time at the Web Summit and of the company\u2019s CEO and Interim President, Sally Costerton.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nHowever, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Do we need more regulations\/governance for AI?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nOn the other side, Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT, in his speech entitled \u201cHow do we regulate AI?\u201d argued for \u201cpermissionless innovation\u201d and regarding the AI applications freely available on the market, he claimed that \u201c<\/span>if you have more upstream governance, one of the things you should expect is less innovation<\/span><\/b>\u201d. After all, according to him, \u201cInnovation is a fairly unpredictable, decentralized activity\u201d <\/span>without meaning this\u00a0complete freedom from regulations and supervision<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDo we need to worry about AI?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nJimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, advised the tech world to remain wary of the \u201clazy alarmism\u201d regarding the rise of AI. He also expressed his satisfaction and pride that Wikipedia is a reliable source of information for AI systems training. Moreover, he encouraged people of technology to <\/span>think carefully but positively when working on AI development<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN for the first time at the Web Summit\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
A \u2018resounding\u2019 presence was that of ICANN for the first time at the Web Summit and of the company\u2019s CEO and Interim President, Sally Costerton.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nHowever, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Do we need to worry about AI?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\nJimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, advised the tech world to remain wary of the \u201clazy alarmism\u201d regarding the rise of AI. He also expressed his satisfaction and pride that Wikipedia is a reliable source of information for AI systems training. Moreover, he encouraged people of technology to <\/span>think carefully but positively when working on AI development<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN for the first time at the Web Summit\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
A \u2018resounding\u2019 presence was that of ICANN for the first time at the Web Summit and of the company\u2019s CEO and Interim President, Sally Costerton.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nHowever, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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A \u2018resounding\u2019 presence was that of ICANN for the first time at the Web Summit and of the company\u2019s CEO and Interim President, Sally Costerton.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nHowever, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\nHowever, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/p>\nICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the official organization responsible for coordinating the maintenance and procedures of the global network, and its presence is quite significant.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the panel \u201cStrength in Unity: How to save the Internet\u201d she explained the non-intervening role of ICANN in governmental Internet access fragmentations. Mrs. Costerton indicated that ICANN \u201cneeds to make sure that when those governments do that, they know the technical consequences of that regulation\u201d on infrastructure. For this \u201c<\/span>ICANN spends a lot of time educating governments, plan, think about<\/span><\/b>\u201d before they take such an action.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, in the panel \u201cHow to stop the internet from unraveling\u201d she noted <\/span>the importance of governments regulating the network, but in a way that \u201cthe regulation they want to put in maintains the internet global and operable\u201d<\/span><\/b>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, apart from the inspiring speeches, Web Summit also had innovative startups that claimed the award in the PITCH sessions competition after the audience and judges voted.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPITCH: Startup\u00a0competition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n