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This article centers on the geopolitical implications of AI governance, specifically addressing how middle powers can maintain digital sovereignty to avoid dependency on foreign technologies. The content highlights discussions led by an expert at a Nobel Laureates Assembly regarding responsible AI development and democratic accountability in the age of artificial intelligence.
Canadian Expert Helps Shape Nobel Laureate Global AI Declaration , Calling on Middle Powers to Avoid Becoming Digital Colonies

, /CNW/ -- The century's defining inequality may not be measured in dollars, but in access to artificial intelligence and the data on which it depends. That concern echoed throughout an invitation-only gathering of Nobel laureates in Rome this month, where Canadian AI sovereignty expert Richard St-Pierre contributed to a landmark declaration and delivered a pointed message to the world's middle powers: act together now, or risk becoming "digital colonies". Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on AI and Nuclear War, Italy. Held from July 14 to 16 in Italy, the Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence…
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