Carolina Rossini, Director of Public Interest Technology (PIT) programs and faculty at the School of Public Policy (SPP), recently published two policy briefs on the growth and regulation of artificial intelligence via Think 20, the think tank and academic engagement arm of the G20.
The first brief, coauthored with J. Carlos Lara, is titled “Enhancing Legal and Jurisdictional Interoperability for Artificial Intelligence: A Global South Perspective.” It explores the legal and jurisdictional challenges of AI interoperability with a focus on the Global South. It highlights how harmonizing AI standards can foster innovation, equitable access, and address global inequalities and also emphasizes the need to accommodate diverse socio-economic contexts, identifying obstacles such as regulatory misalignment, resource constraints, and sovereignty issues. It offers practical recommendations including adaptive regulations, capacity-building, technology transfer, and international cooperation.
The second brief, coauthored with Giovana Carneiro and Thiago Guimarães Moraes, is titled “Agile Governance for an Agile Future: Sandboxes for Promoting Responsible Innovation” and addresses the growing concerns surrounding AI innovation and proposes the use of regulatory sandboxes to foster responsible development and mitigate risks. Additionally, the brief emphasizes how sandboxes uphold ethical principles like privacy by design throughout the AI lifecycle. It highlights the importance of stakeholder collaboration, from innovators to affected communities, to ensure agile, inclusive AI development. By creating feedback loops and enabling interdisciplinary cooperation, sandboxes can ethically refine AI technologies. The brief advocates for their integration into governance frameworks as a proactive approach to promoting ethical AI innovation in alignment with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Rossini reflected on the importance of these briefs in supporting the G20 process, stating “Policy briefs in the context of the Think 20 (T20) are crucial for the G20 process because they provide research-based, actionable insights that address global challenges. By offering concrete recommendations and highlighting innovative policy solutions, these briefs help shape informed decision-making among G20 countries, ensuring that global governance is responsive to the evolving needs of diverse economies and societies.”
In addition to her work at PIT and SPP, Rossini is a globally recognized expert in technology policy and law with over 25 years of experience spanning the private, non-profit, and academic sectors. . She advises governments, international organizations, and funders, and serves on the G20’s Think20 and the World Economic Forum’s Global Council on the Future of Technology Policy. She has co-founded two think tanks – Portulans Institute and Datasphere Initiative, worked for leading organizations such as Telefónica, Meta, EFF, Public Knoweldge, serves as a board member to global human rights advocacy organizations, and is law lecturer and a CDS-SPARK Fellow at Boston University.