The AI working group led by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., won’t rush to introduce legislation, members of the group told us after their second Senate AI briefing (see 2307110049).
Perkins Coie’s Belinda Nixon joins Internet2 as vice president-general counsel and corporate secretary … Worldly, impact intelligence platform, names Scott Raskin, ex-Quotient Technology, CEO; founding CEO Jason Kibbey will work with Raskin over the summer before becoming founder-president ... Atlas Space Operations names Viasat’s John Williams CEO ... Fleet Space names Matteo Genna, ex-World View Enterprises, chief technology officer ... Dstny, cloud-based business communications provider, names Telenet’s Christophe Costers chief operating officer.
APCO promotes Chief Technology Officer Melvin Maier to executive director, as Derek Poarch relinquishes that title (see 2306300039) but remains CEO for a several-month transition; upon Poarch’s departure, Maier will become CEO-executive director … Information Technology and Innovation Foundation hires Dave Effross, from AFL-CIO’s Labor Energy Partnership, as director-Center for Clean Energy Innovation, succeeding Ed Rightor, becoming consultant … Rivian Automotive taps Meta’s Sarah O’Brien, also ex-Tesla, as chief communications officer.
Incompas' Broadland released a "broadband ready city checklist" Thursday that offers best practices for cities preparing to administer NTIA's broadband, equity, access and deployment program. The checklist recommends a focus on "objectively reasonable costs," streamlining the review process for zoning or permitting applications, establishing transparent procedures, encouraging innovation, and "smart street restoration obligations." Preparing for infrastructure projects is "critical" and the checklist is "designed to promote public and private sector partnerships," said Incompas CEO Chip Pickering, who co-chairs Broadland. It "helps ensure that broadband money goes to broadband projects,” said Broadland co-chair Mignon Clyburn, former FCC commissioner.
Generative-AI content shouldn’t be protected by Communications Decency Act Section 230, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., told a New America event Tuesday.
Logitech names board member Guy Gecht interim CEO to replace departing President-CEO Bracken Darrell, who also leaves the board ... Rubrik data security company names Andres Botero, ex-BlackLine, chief marketing officer ... Hemlock Semiconductor hires Rolf Hartmann, ex-FMC, as senior vice president-chief procurement and supply chain officer, after recent retirement of Phil Dembowski, senior vice president-chief commercial officer … Clearwave Fiber names Fiberlight’s Jonathan Couch chief financial officer ... Yahoo hires Sorare’s Ryan Spoon, also former BetMGM and ESPN, as president-Yahoo Sports.
The goal of this summer’s Senate briefings on artificial intelligence is to reach agreement on legislation that allows technological innovation and protects individual privacy, Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told us Tuesday.
NTIA said Friday 127 applications requested $1.39 billion to support testing and research and development activities on open and interoperable networks under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund (see 2305040073). NTIA plans to make up to $140.5 million available in the first funding round from the $1.5 billion program. “NTIA’s Innovation Fund will address the urgent need to increase the resilience, diversity and security of the wireless equipment market,” said NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson. “The overwhelming interest in this first round of funding shows the private sector is stepping up to meet that need.” The fund was part of the $54.2 billion Chips and Science Act signed into law in August (see 2208090062).
Expect legislation for regulating artificial intelligence from Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., to be introduced “soon,” Hawley told us Thursday.
The Senate Commerce Committee’s plan for moving on President Joe Biden’s trio of FCC nominees remains fluid amid uncertainty about whether there will be bipartisan appetite to move Anna Gomez, the White House’s new nominee for the vacant fifth commission seat, together with sitting Commissioners Brendan Carr and Geoffrey Starks (see 2305220065). Gomez told members of the U.S. delegation to the upcoming Nov. 20-Dec. 15 World Radiocommunication Conference last week she plans to stay in her existing State Department appointment to lead the group (see 2301260072) until the Senate confirms her as a commissioner.