Tech Diplomacy Now: Tech Diplomacy and Economic Security Shape the G7 Summit
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Top News of the Week
Announcements
Latest News
Technology Strategy and Policy
Artificial Intelligence
Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure
Critical Minerals
Synthetic Biology
Quantum
Advanced Aerospace Technology
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
Energy and Climate
Opinion and Commentary
The Last Word
Top News of the Week – Tech Diplomacy and Economic Security shape the G7 Summit
When the leaders of the G7 countries meet in the Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima this weekend, two themes are bound to shape much of their agenda: technology diplomacy and economic security. Leaders will grapple with these two themes as they coordinate their responses to Russia’s war in Ukraine, North Korea’s expanding nuclear arsenal, and the growing malign influence of the People’s Republic of China.
During the summit, Japan will likely unveil a proposal for cooperation against “economic coercion.” This will combine concepts that Tokyo, Washington, and Brussels have been considering for the last several years. Also expect to see further efforts to align dual use export controls, perhaps even a new multilateral regime for coordinating these restrictions. In terms of shaping the future of emerging technologies, the G7 Digital Ministers have already made a few commitments to ensure that these technologies reinforce democratic values. We should expect to see European leaders push for common AI regulations across G7 countries, while Japan pushes for its concept of ‘Data Free Flow with Trust.’
Background reading:
Japan’s quiet leadership as it hosts the G7 summit in Hiroshima – Brookings, May 15, 2023
G7 host Japan seeks unity on threat from China – Financial Times, May 15, 2023
The Implications of Japan’s New Economic Security Law – ITIF, May 11, 2023
Ministerial Declaration: The G7 Digital and Tech Ministers’ Meeting – April 30, 2023
Announcements
Last week, CEO of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, Michelle Giuda, hosted a conversation with NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană. The discussion centered around the urgency of accelerating innovation and adoption of trusted tech across the Alliance in order to secure freedom.
This engaging conversation about the future of tech diplomacy hit on topics like the war in Ukraine, DIANA—NATO’s accelerator program connecting dual-use innovators to meet the Alliance’s defense and security needs—as well as the Krach Institute’s work leading a new category of tech diplomacy.
Watch the full interview HERE.
On May 25th, Michelle Giuda will be a panelist as the Women's Foreign Policy Group and Microsoft, in partnership with the Atlantic Council GeoTech Center and the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, host a discussion on emerging technologies, governmental guidelines and frameworks, and responsibility vis-à-vis artificial intelligence.
What role should international principles play in shaping the development and use of AI technologies? How will these principles become standardized, and what challenges do governments, nonprofits, and cooperations face when implementing them?
Latest News
G-7 Leaders Expected to Take Aim at Chinese ‘Economic Coercion’ – WSJ, May 14, 2023
Fired ByteDance Exec Says China Exerted ‘Supreme’ Data Control – Bloomberg, May 12, 2023
China Sentences a U.S. Citizen to Life in Prison for Espionage – NYTs, May 15, 2023
Readout of President Biden’s Meeting with Prime Minister Kishida of Japan - The White House, May 18, 2023
The leaders highlighted their deepening cooperation on emerging technology, including the finalization of a memorandum of cooperation on education and technology and the launching of new partnerships between U.S. and Japanese companies and universities, including the University of Chicago and Purdue University, in areas like quantum computing and semiconductors.
Montana becomes the first state to ban TikTok - NPR, May 17, 2023
Technology Strategy and Policy
Dear Colleague Letter: A Request for Input on the Development of the U.S. Research Security and Integrity Information Sharing Analysis Organization – National Science Foundation, May 4, 2023
Crafting A National Tech Strategy and Reviving Net Tech Assessment – China Talk, May 5, 2023
Ukraine war puts spotlight on tech-led defence companies – Financial Times, May 10, 2023
NSF Director Panchanathan remarks on 'CHIPS and Science Act' at Silicon Valley roundtable – National Science Foundation, May 5, 2023
Artificial Intelligence
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Promote Responsible AI Innovation that Protects Americans’ Rights and Safety – White House, May 4, 2023
Jeff Ding on US vs China AI and Lessons from Past Industrial Revolutions – China Talk, May 10, 2023
How AI Knows Things No One Told It – Scientific American, May 11, 2023
EU lawmakers' committees agree tougher draft AI rules – Reuters, May 11, 2023
European lawmakers came a step closer to passing new rules regulating artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT, following a crunch vote on Thursday where they agreed tougher draft legislation.
The European Union's highly anticipated AI Act looks set to be the world's first comprehensive legislation governing the technology, with new rules around the use of facial recognition, biometric surveillance, and other AI applications.
Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure
Dealing with the threat of Chinese cellular (IoT) modules – Council on Geostrategy, May 10, 2023
Critical Minerals
Implications of Recent U.S. and EU Critical Mineral Legislation – Sullivan & Cromwell, April 21, 2023
America Faces a Rare Earth Element Crisis – National Interest, May 6, 2023
Meet The Texas Startup That Recycles Rare-Earth Magnets, Bypassing China – Forbes, May 10, 2023
Advancing the Minerals Security Partnership with Argentina and the Private Sector – U.S. State Department, May 11, 2023
Synthetic Biology
Eric Schmidt On Synthetic Biology, AI, Ethics And The Bioeconomy’s ‘Seismic Shift’ – Forbes, May 13, 2023
Scientists Create Cyborg Bacteria – Scientific American, May 1, 2023
Proteins Never Seen in Nature Are Designed Using AI to Address Biomedical and Industrial Problems Unsolved by Evolution – Scientific American, April 28, 2023
Quantum
Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works – The Conversation, May 15, 2023
Google’s Quantum Computer Hits Key Milestone by Reducing Errors – Scientific American, February 23, 2023
Superconducting qubits cover new distances – Nature, May 10, 2023
Of the many physical platforms being explored for quantum computing, superconducting quantum bit (qubit) processors have stood out over the past decade for increases in their qubit number and system performance.
Advanced Aerospace Technology
After 20 years in UK, British chair professor joins China’s hypersonic programme – SCMP, May 13, 2023
China’s Capabilities in Space: A Conversation with Kari Bingen – ChinaPower Podcast, May 12, 2023
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
China's Oppo to shut down chip design unit as smartphone sales slump – Reuters, May 12, 2023
Toward highly effective loading of DNA in hydrogels for high-density and long-term information storage – Science Advances, May 10, 2023
Energy and Climate
Renewable Energy Is Booming But Must Triple By 2030 To Meet Climate Targets – Forbes, May 15, 2023
We need an area the size of Texas for wind and solar. Here’s how to halve it. – WaPo, May 10, 2023
Opinion and Commentary
Remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană at the Milken Institute Global Conference during the panel ‘From European Dream to Reality’ – NATO, May 3, 2023
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks Keynote Address at the Ash Carter Exchange on Innovation and National Security – U.S. Department of Defense, May 9, 2023
U.S. technology controls fail to account for Pacific allies – Nikkei Asia, May 15, 2023
The Last Word
“I am heartened to see that what you have put together at Purdue University is becoming global, because it’s not only about NATO countries, but everyone who cherishes freedom and democracy around the world.” - Mircea Geoană, NATO Deputy Secretary General
About: Tech Diplomacy Now
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