Kellee Wicker

We agree that it's paramount for democratic values to be at the heart of international AI governance decisions, and we hope to see the US driving that focus in multilateral fora and in how it engages globally, especially with the Global South. Stay tuned for more from Meridian on AI!

Yesterday we had the privilege of hosting White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios at the Meridian International Center to chat about the AI Action Plan - a great opportunity to dig deeper into how the US will engage with allies and international community on AI governance and development

I'm so pleased to be joining the Meridian International Center to build out high-impact programming and contribute to international readiness to create smart tech policy. Technology is borderless, and the conversations we have about its use and governance should be too!
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Fue un placer dar la apertura de nuestra conferencia sobre el desarrollo de la IA hoy en la Universidad Católica del Uruguay! Estamos hablando como el país y la región puede usar la tecnología, evitar riesgos, y garantizar que los beneficios lleguen a toda la sociedad

there is no talking out of the greatest decision you could make while there!

This is not to say AI has no place in writing, but what it should be doing is assisting with the tedious bits, like finding the source of a half-remembered item from the 25 sources I consulted, or standardizing a sprawling list of citations, and none of the bits where content is happening

Such a succinct way to say this. I try to get at this constantly - I don't want to generate a first draft of something because the ugly first draft is where I figure out what I really think. To cede that process to AI is to lose access to any novel insights or approaches I could have produced

This post piqued my interest so I hunted down the report referenced in this episode that National Institute for Defense Studies in Japan published on this topic - very good stuff! www.nids.mod.go.jp/publication/...

Enjoyed this post unpacking why openness is so essential in AI, and considering how we get there. We wholeheartedly share the emphasis on "local solutions for local contexts", which we talked about in our whitepaper on AI ecosystem growth in the Global South!

The sky is not falling and neither is our ferocious appetite for compute - I tried to cut through the hype in this #NeedToKnow conversation about DeepSeek, check it out!

It was a privilege to co-author a section of this report with a former EU MP who championed protections for the vulnerable online during her time in office. Check it out for our thoughts on how EU actions and priorities could affect the transatlantic relationship

We take games very seriously at the Science and Technology Innovation Program! Thanks for doing an interview with the Serious Games Initiative, and I think you also came to our arcade party celebrating SGI's 20 years? We're always ready to wonk out on complex topics via approachable platforms!!

Today, we're unpacking what the executive order on financial innovation will do for the US crypto landscape, with Wilson trustee, NYU senior lecturer, and author Alan Rechtschaffen - virtual only at 3 PM Eastern, register to join! www.wilsoncenter.org/event/brief-...

Very excited to spin our Tech Lab program back up in 2025 with our first cohort of the year going through our Advanced AI Lab - it's such a privilege to help train government staff to understand more of the nuance and technical side of AI, especially as we look to implement more in gov't practice

Rays of Optimism | Bright Spots in Foreign Policy

We're feeling sunny over @wilsoncenter.org - check out "Rays of Optimism" to read what gives us hope, written by programs across the center. Check it out to learn why I'm excited about the promise of accelerating scientific discovery through AI implementation! www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/...

Just checked Dreaming in Code out from the library - someone was just asking me for predictions and timelines, and I was trying to explain that the most common sense tech applications people want, the ones that seem straightforward, are often the hardest to actually execute. Seems on theme!

just finished @annelamott.bsky.social's "Bird by Bird" and am floored at how deeply her advice resonates. It's so much more than advice on writing fiction, it's how to be at home with yourself in a way that lets you find the important things only you can say, then get it out there. Highly recommend!

Quote from Axios AI newsletter: "Today I learned that Livermore is not only home to two national labs, but also the world's longest continuously burning light bulb. And yes, there's a 'bulb-cam.'"

This in @axios.com AI newsletter today has got me in the mood to re-read 17776. If you love tech, speculative fiction, or the way the internet used to be home to amazing things tucked into the strangest corners, and you HAVEN'T read it, you really ought to: www.sbnation.com/a/17776-foot...

Opinion: Meta is changing its rules and embracing Trump. What does that mean for the world? Mark Zuckerberg and company are ditching fact-checkers for community notes and other updates that reflect shifting U.S. politics.

I enjoyed Suzanne Nossel's @latimes.com op-ed's global focus on the Meta decision to eliminate content moderation, well worth a read to start thinking about the impact on countries not well-represented by moderators but also in danger of violence stemming from speech: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Plunging headlong into 2025 already, and this topic is priority #1 for me this year - ensuring all communities & nations benefit from AI development requires broadening the decision-making table, and putting AI skills & inputs within reach no matter where or who you are. See our whitepaper for more!

Great report, great writeup in MIT Tech Review - major questions of control, of permissions, of representation in datasets. These are questions we should be discussing publicly, and making sure diverse stakeholders from top to bottom understand the trade-offs and possible protections

NZ is in the same forget-relearn cycle every gov't is in with scientific research. Lucrative research will be funded by the market, but ground-shifting breakthroughs come unexpectedly from elsewhere. Government's most effective role is to fund the basic science we need that the market won't chase

Another thoughtful read from @sayash.bsky.social & @randomwalker.bsky.social that's well worth your time - is generative AI really the destabilizer it was expected to be?

The impermanence of pretty much everything has me thinking/worrying about this question of durable storage and archives a lot, really good piece

Transatlantic Relations Under the New European Commission

This publication is out! Check it out for smart takes on what might be in store for the transatlantic relationship on tech, trade, competitiveness, and more: www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/...

AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2023, but if you were a local reader, you may not have known because of an elaborate scam using artificial intelli...

Last month, I fell down an absolutely bizarre rabbit hole trying to figure out who was ripping off articles from Oregon journalists.

What I found was identity theft, plagiarism and an absolutely terrifying future for local journalism led by AI scammers.

My latest:

The key opportunity that emerged across diverse countries was local solutions for local problems, while the obstacle that was most pervasive was brain drain. Check out the report for more, and keep your eyes on @wilsoncenter.org STIP - this work stream is a priority for us in 2025

Developing AI Ecosystems in the Global South

We hosted a roundtable of Global South thinkers back in September to talk about opportunities and obstacles with AI ecosystem development. I'm excited to say the whitepaper with topline takeaways from that discussion is now available! www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/...

They'll also be publishing a collection of short pieces on the same from experts around the building, including one from me and STIP scholar Sylwia Spurek, who as an EU MP championed stronger protections against cyber violence - keep your eyes peeled

From Brussels to Washington: Transatlantic Relations Under the New European Commission

Joining @wilsoncenter.org colleagues from our Global Europe Program tomorrow to talk about what we might expect from the new EU Commission and how it will impact the transatlantic relationship, RSVP to join in person or virtually: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/brusse...