Tech Policy Grind

Welcome back to the Tech Policy Grind Podcast by the Internet Law & Policy Foundry! This week, Reema chats with David Ryan Polgar, Founder of All Tech is Human, about creating a responsible tech community.

They get into what responsible tech means, and why David thinks New York City is the center of the responsible tech community. Reema and David also dig into his background, and how his multiple hats as an attorney, educator, and founder contribute to his outlook on what responsible tech means for our local and global societies in the digital age.

Plus, Reema and fellow Foundry Fellow Lama Mohammed chat with attendees of All Tech is Human’s latest NYC Responsible Tech mixer about what the responsible tech community means to them.

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Welcome back to the Tech Policy Grind Podcast by the Internet Law & Policy Foundry! In this episode, Class 4 Fellow Lama Mohammed chats with Glen Echo Group’s Creative Director, Christopher Shannon, and Associate Designer Kieran Henstenburg.

The Glen Echo Group is a public affairs and public relations firm headquartered in Washington, D.C.,  specializing in policy and communications in technology policy. GEG works across the digital ecosystem, including artificial intelligence, broadband, cybersecurity, immersive technology, privacy, and more.

In this conversation, Lama chats with Christopher and Kieran about how organizations’ creative and design teams can set up guardrails when utilizing generative artificial intelligence and the ethical questions to consider when using the technology.

With the ongoing Writer’s Strike still dominating headlines, our experts dive into the importance of accountability, transparency, and responsible usage of AI-enabled tools to protect the artistic and entertainment industry. They balance these considerations with that of still being able to democratize the field for underrepresented communities.

You can connect with Christopher and Kieran on LinkedIn and view all the great work they do for the Glen Echo Group by visiting the firm’s website or following the Glen Echo Group on social media.

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DISCLAIMER: Lama, Christopher, and Kieran engaged with this episode by the Internet Law & Policy Foundry voluntarily and in their personal capacities. The views and opinions expressed on this show do not reflect the organizations and institutions Lama, Christopher, and Kieran are affiliated, associated, or work with.

The rollout of generative AI has helped illustrate how transformative AI technology can be. But the emergence of AI shouldn’t be surprising since it’s been implemented across sectors for years. This episode’s discussion centers around the various artificial intelligence use cases in a number of verticals.

In this conversation moderated by Foundry Fellow Alvaro Marañon, Hodan Omaar (ITIF), Charley Snyder, (Google), and Gillian Diebold (ITIF) discuss how artificial intelligence has been developed and deployed in various industries from enhancing organizational cybersecurity to modernizing public education. 

For more on artificial intelligence use cases, check out the full discussion here.

Stay tuned for more updates to come on the Foundry’s annual Policy Hackathon!

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What does Meta’s Threads product mean for the future of social media? Reema dives into this and the current state of social media with Professor Eric Goldman, one of the world’s leading experts on social media and the law. They discuss how the fediverse works and the pros and cons of decentralizing social media. Professor Goldman explores how content moderation impacts the potential proliferation of decentralizing social media platforms, and vice versa.

They also cover how interoperability online interacts with competition concerns, and what this means for social media users’ experience. Plus, stay tuned for Professor Goldman’s favorite piece of advice to his students at SCU law.

Eric Goldman is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University School of Law. Follow him on LinkedIn or his many other social media platforms (@ericgoldman).

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Many have called for AI regulation, but existing IP laws already apply to generative AI because they protect the original works of authorship used to train foundational models. In this conversation moderated by Foundry Fellow Ekene Chuks-Okeke, IP experts Elena Gurevich (Center for Art Law, EG Legal Services) Franklin Graves (HCA Healthcare, Creator Economy Law) and Juyoun Han (Eisenberg & Baum, LLP) discuss the relationship between copyright and AI, artists perspectives, nuances of pending litigation, current guidance from the US Copyright Office, and how the values of artists and creatives in the marketplace can and will shape the future of generative AI.

This week Class 4 Fellow and Fellow Highlights series host Meri Baghdasaryan sits down with Allyson McReynolds, a recent graduate from George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School and currently a Legal Fellow at the Wikimedia Foundation. Prior to law school, Allyson worked in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Legislative Assistant advising on homeland security, technology, and judiciary policy. In law school she held internships at the Federal Communications Commission, US Senate, and Future of Privacy Forum. She is a member of the Fourth Class of Foundry Fellows and serves as the Communications Director. 

Meri and Allyson chat about Allyson’s work on the Capitol Hill, her interests and internships in the field of privacy and cybersecurity, Allyson’s engagement with the Foundry and how to maximize your time at law school. 

Connect with Allyson McReynolds on LinkedIn here; https://www.linkedin.com/in/allyson-mcreynolds-a69485121/

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In this episode, Foundry Fellow Dyllan Brown-Bramble chats with Micaela Mantegna, Bikalpa Neupane, and Adil Islam. Dyllan and the panelists cover the basic who, what, when, where and why of artificial intelligence.

The conversation panel discussed what AI is, its future, and their thoughts on the pros and cons of AI technology.

This event is the first in a series of AI-related events leading up to our Fourth Annual Policy Hackathon. The Hackathon will be held this September 22-24th. Check out the latest information about the Hackathon on our website at or on our social media.

Welcome back to the Tech Policy Grind! In this episode, Class 4 Fellow Lama Mohammed interviews Pamela San Martín, Board Member of the Oversight Board to discuss the success, lessons learned, and the cases filed from their latest Annual Report.

They dig into issues concerning content moderation, human rights, global elections, misinformation, and more hot-button topics mentioned in the report.

As a former lawyer and Electoral Councilor at the National Electoral Institute in Mexico, Pamela has dedicated her career to advancing human rights, freedom of expression, and democratic institutions, aiding her role as a consultant on elections, democracy, and human rights. You can learn more about Pamela by following her on Twitter.

Lama is a member of the 4th Class of Foundry Fellows. She currently works as a Senior Associate at the Glen Echo Group in Washington, DC — a communications and public relations firm specializing in tech policy. At the Glen Echo Group, Lama works on policy and communications within artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and privacy.

Connect with Pamela (@SnMartinPamela) on Twitter or LinkedIn and view all the work the Oversight Board has done in the last year and plans to do in the next year by reading the Oversight Board report online.

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Welcome back! In this episode, Joe Catapano, ILPF Class 4 fellow interviews Sally Costerton, Interim President & CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). In addition to its core technical functions of coordinating the Internet’s unique identifiers, ICANN is one of the premier global multistakeholder policy making bodies that help govern the Internet.

As ICANN approaches its 77th Public Meeting in Washington, DC Joe and Sally discuss challenges to the multistakeholder model of Internet governance, hosting effective global hybrid meetings, Sally’s career path that led her to the world of tech policy, and much more. 

After you listen, register for ICANN77 (virtual registration available only after June 7, 2023). 

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This week, Class 4 Fellow and Fellow Highlights series host Meri Baghdasaryan sits down with Fellow Class 4 Fellow Ayden Férdeline.

Meri and Ayden chat about the multiple hats Ayden wears in the Internet Governance ecosystem, the Global Digital Compact, the roles of various stakeholders in this space and the avenues to create your own opportunities.

Ayden Férdeline is a Landecker Democracy Fellow with the support of the Alfred Landecker Foundation and Humanity in Action. He monitors the development of the UN Secretary-General’s proposed Global Digital Compact ahead of 2024’s Summit of the Future. Ayden was previously a rapporteur with the Forum on Information and Democracy. He also was a technology policy fellow with the Mozilla Foundation.

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Foundry Trivia is on June 12 in Washington D.C. – registration is now open here!

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DISCLAIMER: Meri engages with the Foundry voluntarily and in her personal capacities. The views and opinions expressed on air do not reflect on the organizations Meri  is affiliated with.