A panel discussion on ChatGPT and foundation models - the need, the infrastructure and privacy and regulation from a US and EU perspective.
We are thrilled to invite you to this event focused on ChatGPT and foundation models and the need, the infrastructure, and regulatory landscapes for such models, from a US and EU perspective. This event is designed to provide insights from our expert panel into natural language processing and artificial intelligence from a technical and regulatory context.
Join us for a panel discussion featuring experts in the field of AI, large language models, and privacy regulation, as we explore the need for foundation models like ChatGPT, their infrastructure requirements, and the critical role privacy plays in their development and implementation from both EU and US perspectives. Our panelists will provide valuable insights into how foundation models are being used across industries in both regions, and the infrastructure needed to support these models, as well as how access to such infrastructure for research can be secured. They will also discuss how privacy regulations are impacting the development and use of these models in the EU and US, and the importance of striking a balance between innovation and protecting individual privacy rights.
The event will take place on June 1 and, in true Silicon Vikings spirit bridge from Silicon Valley to the Nordics, and will be possible to join:
as an in person event in Palo Alto (CA), at Nordic Innovation House, 470 Ramona st Palo Alto (register via this link),
an in person event in Gothenburg (Sweden) at The Techno Creatives, Kämpegatan 10, 5th floor (register via this link), as well as
online via Zoom (register via this link).
We look forward to having you join us for what promises to be an informative and interesting discussion. There will be light food and drinks served at the in person events. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
We hope to see you there!
Best regards,
The Silicon Vikings team in collaboration with The Techno Creatives, Nvidia, Nordic Innovation House - Silicon Valley, and iHUBS Sweden.
Please contact Minna Sandberg if you have any questions on sweden@nordicinnovationhouse.com.
Your contact details may be shared with co-organizing organisations.
Russell Wald, Managing Director for Policy and Society, Stanford HAI
Russell Wald leads the policy and society initiative at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI), and advances the organization’s engagement with civil society and governments worldwide. As a part of HAI’s executive management team, Wald sets the strategic vision for policy and societal research, education, and outreach at HAI. He directs a dynamic team to equip civil society and policymakers with the knowledge and resources to take informed and meaningful actions on advancing AI with human-centered values. From 2020 - 2022, he served as HAI’s first Director of Policy.
He is the co-author of various publications on AI including, Building a National AI Research Resource (2021), Enhancing International Cooperation in AI Research: The Case for a Multilateral AI Research Institute (2022), The Centrality of Data and Compute for AI Innovation: A Blueprint for a National Research Cloud (2022, Notre Dame Journal of Emerging Technologies). Currently he is part of a HAI seed grant research project titled, Addicted by Design: An Investigation of How AI-fueled Digital Media Platforms Contribute to Addictive Consumption. Additionally, he serves as a member of the AI Index Steering Committee, hosted by HAI.
Wald has held various policy program and government relations positions at Stanford University for nearly a decade. He also served as special assistant to Amy Zegart and Ashton Carter at Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). In 2014, he co-designed and led the inaugural Stanford congressional boot camp, and has since created numerous tech policy boot camps, establishing a strong and effective tradition of educating policymakers at Stanford and enhancing the collaboration between governments and academic institutions. Russell is a graduate of UCLA.
Stine Mangor Tornmark, CEO and Co-founder, Openli
Stine is the CEO and Co-founder of Openli (a privacy tech company). Privacy and protecting data is important and with AI and the increasing need for data, it's becoming even more important in the future. Why? Because companies build and operate their entire business through software, tools and in the cloud. So they need to be on top of their own and all their vendors' GDPR & privacy efforts. That's what Openli helps with: helping companies comply with the GDPR and scale their privacy efforts.
Stine has a law degree and has been working as an attorney for 6 years in Denmark advising fortune top 500 companies about privacy & tech. After that, she built a legal & compliance team from 1 to 40+ people at Trustpilot and founded Openli that today helps companies with privacy & GDPR. She has been advising the Danish Government (Digitaliseringspartnerskabet), OECD and other organizations on digitalisation, digital trust and privacy.
Magnus Sahlgren, Head of Research, NLU, PhD, AI Sweden
Magnus Sahlgren is Head of Research for Natural Language Understanding at AI Sweden. Sahlgren has a PhD in computational linguistics, and his research lies at the intersection between computational linguistics, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. He is primarily known for his work on computational models of meaning, and he is currently leading the initiative to train large language models for the Nordic languages. Sahlgren has previously held positions at the Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), the Swedish Defense Research Agency (FOI), the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), Stockholm university, and he is the co-founder of the language technology company Gavagai AB.
Alexander Young, Technical Marketing Engineer, Nvidia
Alexander Young has spent 25+ years in the IT industry working for Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Ericsson, Microsoft and NVIDIA. He is currently a Technical Marketing Engineer at NVIDIA, in the Metropolis product development team, where he supports customers and partners using NVIDIA AI models, frameworks & infrastructure.
Moderator: Ebba Josefson Lindqvist
Ebba is Director of Nordic Nodes at Silicon Vikings and Project Manager of the Data Factory at AI Sweden.