Assessing Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s call for fair AI regulations
By: Tech Republic Jan 29, 2020 Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other executives working on artificial intelligence are now calling for limited government regulation as the European Union mulls potential five-year bans of facial recognition software. Pichai called for governments to take a bigger role in regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI), and he published his beliefs in a Financial […]
SSGA chief vows to turn up the heat on ESG underperformers
By: Citywireselector Jan 29, 2020 The chief executive of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has echoed the strong sentiments offered by BlackRock by vowing to make stronger use of the firm’s proxy voting rights to push the ESG agenda. In his 2020 outlook letter, Cyrus Taraporevala said the ongoing dialogue the asset manager has with companies will […]
Toothless: Facebook proposes a weak Oversight Board
By: Techcrunch Olanola Jan 29, 2019 Facebook’s internal “Supreme Court” can’t set precedents, can’t make decisions about Facebook Dating or Marketplace, and can’t oversee WhatsApp, Oculus, or any messaging feature, according to the bylaws Facebook proposed today for its Oversight Board. It’s designed to provide an independent appeals process for content moderation rulings. But it will only be […]