#policies
#policies

UK politics

Liz Truss targets 'secret Tories' with new campaign

Liz Truss has launched a campaign called Popular Conservatism to bring together Britain's secret conservatives and fight against left-wing extremists.

Truss accuses Tory ministers of pandering to anti-capitalists and caring more about popularity than policies that resonate with voters. [ more ]

www.newsshopper.co.uk

London

Who is Susan Hall? The Conservative candidate for Mayor of London

Susan Hall is running for the role of Mayor of London as the Conservative candidate.

Hall's focus is on issues such as stopping the ULEZ expansion, building more homes, and making streets safer. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Startup companies

Building AI guardrails should be part of the process | TechCrunch

Companies using AI tools need to develop policies to address ethical, practical, and legal issues.

Building a solid rulebook now can prevent future headaches. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Critical 2024 AI policy blueprint: Unlocking potential and safeguarding against workplace risks | TechCrunch

Approximately half of employed Americans use AI tools for work, but almost half of them use AI tools not supplied by their business.

Many organizations lack internal policies on generative AI tools, and most employees do not have a formal policy regarding the use of non-company-supplied AI-powered tools. [ more ]

Theregister

OpenAI alters ban on 'military and warfare' use of AI models

OpenAI has updated its policies to remove specific banned use cases for its models, but certain restrictions still apply.

Current methods for making AI models safer might not be effective for reversing malicious behaviors. [ more ]

TechRepublic

IBM Study: Businesses Work on Adapting to Generative AI, Hybrid Cloud

68% of organizations using hybrid cloud have established formal policies around generative AI.

Organizations need to have the skills and infrastructure to support compute-intensive generative AI technology.

Tech leaders in government, manufacturing, and consumer goods are more likely to have generative AI strategies. [ more ]

Digiday

As AI regulations loom, tech companies add new ways to improve their standards

Tech companies are proactively implementing new policies and tools to address risks and improve legal compliance related to generative AI.

U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill that aims to create transparency and accountability standards for AI.

IBM has launched a new tool called WatsonX.Governance to detect AI risks and expand its use to other companies' large language models (LLMs). [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Left-wing politics

This person should not be president': Kamala Harris takes hits in book on Biden

A top aide to Kamala Harris's 2020 campaign said she should not be president of the United States.

Harris's backstory as a woman of color is a lot of the reason people support her, but she needs to back that up with policies. [ more ]

New York Post

Coronavirus

Phony Fauci fesses up on fake science and COVID flim-flam

Fauci testified before Congress and faced scrutiny for his handling of the pandemic and his contradictory statements.

He admitted that the COVID policies and mandates he promoted may increase vaccine hesitancy for years to come. [ more ]

London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Remote teams

Many SMEs don't have clear policy on where employees can and can't work from

Only 22% of organizations have clear policies on remote work

33% of respondents want the flexibility to work from anywhere [ more ]

WSJ