{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ac36bd11b614c9be0a929d0/6ad76bd5d068f317960a039e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Who is keeping us safe? The rise of AI assurance ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ac36bd11b614c9be0a929d0/1792502709803-fa7c7778-2013-40be-a0d9-4e8720ba1b43.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>While tech giants race to build more powerful models, the real question is who is keeping them in check. In this second episode, co-hosts Dame Wendy Hall, Regius Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton, and Sue Black OBE, Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University, join forces to cut through the complexity of AI safety and assurance. </p><p>The podcast is produced and published by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, where both are Fellows. </p><p>In the second episode, they argue that leaving AI safety solely to tech companies is not an option, exploring the urgent need for global governance, public AI education, and a brand-new profession of AI auditors. </p><p>Key Topics Covered:</p><ul><li><strong>Global governance and independent oversight</strong>: Why ensuring AI safety requires international cooperation, civil society involvement, and independent authorities to check frontier models. </li><li><strong>The UK&#39;s AI assurance opportunity</strong>: How the UK is leveraging its existing expertise in financial auditing to pioneer a massive new industry in AI safety measurement and assurance. </li><li><strong>Public education and digital literacy</strong>: The urgent need for national, open-access education campaigns to help the general public recognise deepfakes, avoid scams, and upskill for an AI-driven world. </li><li><strong>Personalised AI tutors</strong>: The future potential and safety challenges of using AI as individualised teaching assistants to support students at varying skill levels. </li><li><strong>The evolution of tech careers</strong>: Dispelling the myth that AI will permanently eliminate jobs, focusing instead on how careers will adapt into flexible portfolio roles and new disciplines like AI assurance.</li></ul>","author_name":"BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT"}