Lords AI Committee looks at lessons from abroad

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Witnesses

Tuesday 5 December in Committee Room 2, Palace of Westminster

At 3.30pm

• Professor Wolfgang Wahlster, CEO and Scientific Director, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

At 4.30pm

• Dr Alan Bernstein, President and CEO, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)

Areas of discussion

• Germany is the second largest centre for AI development in Europe after the UK. Does Germany have particular advantages or disadvantages when it comes to capitalising on AI?
• Germany is suffering a shortage of skilled AI researchers and developers. How is it addressing this problem?
• DFKI has approximately 500 researchers and administrators, and 400 graduate students from more than 60 countries. What, and how effective, is DFKI's role in developing and utilising AI within Germany?
• A new data protection law (Bundesdatenschutzgestz) was passed this year. What implications will this have on the development and application of AI in Germany?
• Companies such as Google, DeepMind and Facebook have recently opened major AI research centres in Canada. Why are AI companies interested in basing themselves in Canada?
• Earlier this year the Canadian government announced a major investment of CAD $125 million (approximately £77.5 million) in the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy. What problems is this aimed at solving?
• CIFAR has 404 researchers from 16 countries, including 20 from the UK. How is it developing and utilising AI in Canada?
• The Canadian AI field has historically suffered from brain drain to the US. How is Canada's tech industry see itself in relation to the United States?

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