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IRI’s Technology and Democracy Practice joined the Artificial Intelligence: Technological Challenges to Development summit organized by APEC and the U.S. Embassy in Peru lats week. Held at Universidad San Martin de Porres in collaboration with the U.S. Department of State, the summit convened journalists, civil society, government officials and staff, and INGOs for high-level discussions on the opportunities and risks AI presents to development and democracy. During the conference, IRI presented its findings from its white paper on generative AI - titled Democracy In the Age of Generative AI: Navigating Risks and harnessing Opportunities – followed by an IRI-organized panel discussion with leading LAC-based thinkers on this topic. The white paper and its findings are the product of discussions and analysis from IRI’s Generative AI and Democracy Working Group, where 30+ experts from around the globe discussed risks, opportunities and recommendations for democracy actors to safely navigate and understand GenAI’s impacts on democracy. Following IRI’s presentation of key white paper findings, a panel discussion focused on actionable steps to leverage genAI for good, featuring a representative from the Congress in Uruguay, Congressman Rodrigo Goni, and two leading Peruvian thinkers, Elaine Ford from Democracia Digital and Rommel Infante from Empatia Lab. If you missed the presentation, take a look at the recording: https://lnkd.in/euEyenVj IRI will fully launch the white paper in September – stay tuned for more information!

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