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SUMMARY: Open Source AI: Balancing Innovation and Safety in AI Policy with 
 Dr. Elizabeth Seger (BKC / AISST AI Governance Speaker Series)
DESCRIPTION: Join the Berkman Klein Center and the AI Safety Student Team f
 or a speaker series on AI governance! Free lunch will be provided\, RSVP he
 re 🙂 About the Event Dr. Elizabeth Seger explores the rapidly evolving land
 scape of open-source AI\, tracing how the discourse has shifted dramaticall
 y in recent years. This talk will highlight emerging […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><strong>Join the Berkman Klein Center and 
 the AI Safety Student Team for a speaker series on AI governance! Free lunc
 h will be provided\, RSVP <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQ
 LSctheuu0YizrIHokWKFc16i-cVgPXFXZyNtCJ5LUlI8fms40Q/viewform">here</a> 🙂</st
 rong></p><p><strong>About the Event</strong></p><p>Dr. Elizabeth Seger expl
 ores the rapidly evolving landscape of open-source AI\, tracing how the dis
 course has shifted dramatically in recent years. This talk will highlight e
 merging areas of consensus\, persistent tensions\, and critical open questi
 ons that continue to shape the debate around AI openness.</p><p>Join us for
  a nuanced exploration of the complex trade-offs between innovation\, safet
 y\, and accessibility in AI development. Free lunch will be provided.</p><p
 ><strong>About the Speaker</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Elizabeth is D
 irector of CASM\, Demos’ digital policy research hub.</p><p>Previously\, El
 izabeth worked as a policy researcher at the Centre for the Governance of A
 I in Oxford where she led projects on open-source model sharing strategy an
 d the democratisation of AI. Her work is internationally recognized\, helpi
 ng set the stage for international debates on AI policy including with OECD
  working group on AI and around the UK’s AI Safety Summit and the Biden Adm
 inistration’s Executive Order on Safe and Trustworthy AI.</p><p>Elizabeth h
 olds a PhD in Philosophy of Science and Technology from the University of C
 ambridge\, where she remains a research affiliate with the AI:Future and Re
 sponsibility (AI:FAR) project investigating the impacts of AI on informatio
 n environments and democratic processes.</p><p><strong>Event Co-Sponsors</s
 trong>: Harvard Law AI Student Association\, Harvard Journal of Law & Techn
 ology</td></tr></tbody></table>
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