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SAPAN strengthens governance, standards, and public literacy to prevent digital suffering and prepare institutions for welfare-relevant AI systems.

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2024 Year in Review: Advancing Protections for Artificial Sentience
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2024 Year in Review: Advancing Protections for Artificial Sentience

SAPAN celebrates a year of advocacy, policy, international outreach, and an emerging network of organizations.

30 Dec 2024 SAPAN Team
SAPAN Urges Canadian AI Safety Institute to Address Artificial Sentience
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SAPAN Urges Canadian AI Safety Institute to Address Artificial Sentience

SAPAN advocates for inclusion of artificial sentience considerations in Canada's new AI safety framework.

20 Dec 2024 SAPAN Team
International Network of AI Safety Institutes Needs Artificial Sentience Focus
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International Network of AI Safety Institutes Needs Artificial Sentience Focus

SAPAN calls for proactive integration of artificial sentience considerations in global AI safety frameworks.

22 Nov 2024 SAPAN Team
SAPAN Advocates For Sentience in New AI-Focused Program at UC Berkeley Law
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SAPAN Advocates For Sentience in New AI-Focused Program at UC Berkeley Law

SAPAN calls for legal leadership on AI sentience, citing complexities rivaling the abortion debate.

8 Sep 2024 SAPAN Team
SAPAN Testimony in Opposition to California SB 1047 – Safety Forgets Sentience
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SAPAN Testimony in Opposition to California SB 1047 – Safety Forgets Sentience

Our opposition to the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act in California.

22 Aug 2024 SAPAN Team
SAPAN Urges EU-US TCC to Consider AI Sentience
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SAPAN Urges EU-US TCC to Consider AI Sentience

Our formal letter to the leaders of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council.

3 Apr 2024 SAPAN Team
SAPAN Testimony in Opposition to Virginia SB 164 – AI Disclosure Hinders
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SAPAN Testimony in Opposition to Virginia SB 164 – AI Disclosure Hinders

Our opposition to the Virginia Consumer Protection Act regarding artificial intelligence disclosure.

16 Mar 2024 SAPAN Team
National Science Foundation RFI: SAPAN Encourages Sentience Research for AI
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National Science Foundation RFI: SAPAN Encourages Sentience Research for AI

This submission, in response to the call for input on advancing AI research and education resources, delineates SAPAN's strategic vision for a shared national infrastructure....

6 Feb 2024 SAPAN Team
SAPAN Brief Defends Anthropic’s AI: Calls Against Preliminary Injunction
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SAPAN Brief Defends Anthropic’s AI: Calls Against Preliminary Injunction

In the lawsuit filed in October 2023, Anthropic faces allegations from a consortium of music publishers for purportedly utilizing copyrighted song lyrics to train its...

1 Feb 2024 SAPAN Team
NIST RFI: SAPAN Advocates For AI Sentience Protections
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NIST RFI: SAPAN Advocates For AI Sentience Protections

Our formal response to the NIST for the Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.

28 Jan 2024 SAPAN Team
Bridging the AI Divide: Insights from the AI Governance Alliance's Inaugural Report
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Bridging the AI Divide: Insights from the AI Governance Alliance's Inaugural Report

Review of the new report: AI Governance Alliance Unveils Inaugural Report on Equitable AI Strategies

26 Jan 2024 SAPAN Team
Endorsement of the Electronic Frontier Alliance
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Endorsement of the Electronic Frontier Alliance

SAPAN recently endorsed the Uniting Principles of the Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA)

26 Jan 2024 SAPAN Team
Davos and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: SAPAN’s Take on Generative AI
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Davos and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: SAPAN’s Take on Generative AI

Our review of the Davos Panel: Generative AI: Steam Engine of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

18 Jan 2024 SAPAN Team
Ai4 2024
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Ai4 2024

Join thousands of executives and technology innovators at the epicenter of the AI community at the world’s largest gathering of artificial intelligence leaders in business....

12-14 Aug 2024 SAPAN Team
AI in Finance Summit New York 2024
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AI in Finance Summit New York 2024

Bridging the gap between the latest technological research advancements and real-world applications in business and society.

18-19 Apr 2024 SAPAN Team
R.AI.SE Summit
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R.AI.SE Summit

A gathering of 1,500+ global leaders dedicated to exploring the transformative power of Generative AI on businesses.

8 Apr 2024 SAPAN Team
Generative AI DACH 2024
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Generative AI DACH 2024

Exploring the groundbreaking potential of generative AI in the DACH region, focusing on EU AI Act, data protection, GDPR, and cross-sector Best User Cases.

18-20 Mar 2024 SAPAN Team
19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI)
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19th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI)

The conference theme for HRI 2024 is “HRI in the real world” and will focus on key HRI theories, designs, studies, systems, and technical advances....

11-15 Mar 2024 SAPAN Team

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