In computer science, conferences aren't a nice-to-have; they are the primary venue for peer-reviewed publication. OMB's proposal to require pre-approval for conference attendance at grant-submission time is impractical: researchers don't know which conferences they'll submit to a priori. #TechPolicy

Peer review works. Over 50 years, 30–50% of US economic growth has come from computer science — largely driven by government-funded academic research reviewed by qualified scientists. Adding political review to grant decisions won't advance US interests; it will introduce uncertainty. #TechPolicy

🧵 ACM's US Technology Policy Committee has filed its response to OMB's proposed overhaul of the rules governing federal grants. The verdict: the changes would harm research and innovation.

A sweeping OMB proposal would overhaul the rules governing every federal grant — including how NSF & other agencies fund research. USTPC is preparing a response ahead of the July 13 comment deadline. Read the rule 👇 www.federalregister.gov/d/2026-10817

The EU's draft standard for AI risk management- prEN 18228-just wrapped up public consultation. It's the harmonised standard meant to show high-risk AI systems meet Article 9 of the EU AI Act. ACM's Europe Technology Policy Committee has filed its comments. 🧵

1/ 🧵 How do you label AI-generated content so people actually notice—and so the label survives editing and reposting? ACM Europe TPC has responded to the EU's draft guidelines on AI Act Article 50 transparency through a technical-feasibility lens.

1/ 🧵 The EU is reviewing its 2019 Copyright Directive for the age of generative AI. ACM Europe TPC's response: protecting creators and enabling responsible innovation aren't opposing goals. A well-designed framework can do both.

A disclosure that nobody perceives isn't disclosure. Habituation turns one-time AI signage into noise—' technically present but cognitively invisible.' ACM's Europe Tech Policy calls for persistent, verifiable AI labels over assumptions about user attention. #ResponsibleAI

Compliance complexity is a competitiveness issue. If copyright rules get too costly to navigate, Europe risks strengthening dominant non-EU platforms while squeezing its own start-ups, researchers, and SMEs. #AIpolicy #Copyright bit.ly/4eqfMAO

1/ ACM's Europe Technology Policy Committee has responded to the @EU_Commission's targeted consultation on its draft guidelines for classifying high-risk AI systems under the EU AI Act. A technical read on where the draft needs sharpening. 🧵 www.acm.org/public-polic...

What counts as a "substantial modification" to an AI system? For enterprise MLOps, the answer matters enormously. ACM urges the European Commission to clarify that routine retraining and data-refresh cycles don't trigger a full new conformity assessment. #AIAct #AIpolicy www.acm.org/public-polic...

1/7 AI has crossed a threshold. Agentic AI doesn't just generate content — it takes actions on your behalf: browsing, executing code, sending messages, managing files. A new ACM TechBrief examines the policy gap this creates. 🧵

For #WorldEnvironmentDay, ACM's Policy recomendations to make computing more environmentally friendly: - ACM TechBrief: Computing and Climate Change bit.ly/43MyRH5 - Climate and Energy Policies of the European Green Deal bit.ly/49EhcEZ - Toward Environmentally Equitable AI bit.ly/3PLrxIC

1/7 The EU AI Act's Article 50 transparency rules sound solid in theory. But can they actually be enforced? @acmpolicy.bsky.social Europe TPC says the draft guidelines have a technical problem. 🧵

Los responsables políticos deberían planificar la integración de estrategias avanzadas en el marco legal, en particular para hacer frente a los intensos picos de carga generados por el entrenamiento de grandes modelos de IA o la gestión de volúmenes de inferencia masivos. www.acm.org/public-polic...

La UE exige reportes de consumo energético a centros de datos, pero no fija límites vinculantes de eficiencia. Singapur: EUE ≤ 1,3. Australia: 1,4. California y China: 1,5. La UE: sin objetivo. #PolíticaTecnológica #IAResponsable acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc/acm-data-center-final-spanish

1/7 🧵 NEW from @ACMPolicy: USTPC calls for an immediate halt to mass federal data consolidation efforts — merging income, health, benefits & immigration data across dozens of agencies into unified personal profiles. Here's why this matters. ⬇️

EU data center sustainability framework proposing five recommendations: binding PUE targets, broader reporting coverage, stronger water-management obligations, renewable energy quotas, and long-term planning buff.ly/Ou1fGHv

As more states pass AI safety laws surrounding the use of chatbots, especially use by minors, we stand by our statement on the unethical development of these apps: www.acm.org/binaries/con...

The EU AI Act includes climate disclosure rules for AI — but ACM's Europe TPC finds five critical gaps that could leave AI's largest environmental impacts unaccounted. #EUAIAct #AIPolicy #GreenAI #AIClimate #ResponsibleAI #DigitalGovernance #Sustainability #TechPolicy www.acm.org/binaries/con...

Singapore's SEA-LION and Switzerland's Apertus show a consistent pattern: pretraining from scratch is rarely the right starting point for governments. Adapting open-source models using national data and post-training alignment achieves sovereign control. www.acm.org/binaries/con...

La IA agéntica plantea riesgos sistémicos que la Ley de IA de la UE solo aborda en parte. ACM Europe TPC publica su análisis en español. 🧵 [URL] www.acm.org/public-polic... #IAPolítica #GobernanzaIA #AIAct #LeyIA #IAAgéntica #PolíticaTecnológica #GobernanzaDigital #ResponsableIA

AI systems can now autonomously complete 32-step enterprise cyberattacks. @acmpolicy's Europe Tech Policy Committee warns EU oversight may not be keeping pace. New analysis 🧵 acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc/calibrating-oversight-agentic-frontier-models-04272026

6/ ACM ETPC supports the overall direction — but resilience requires specificity. Clearer definitions, standardized reporting, and concrete timelines will determine whether this directive actually delivers. www.acm.org/public-polic...

Removing small DNS providers from EU cybersecurity law sounds like smart deregulation. @acmpolicy's Europe Tech Policy Committee warns it could create a "security vacuum." New consultation response 🧵 www.acm.org/public-polic...

Removing small DNS providers from EU cybersecurity law sounds like smart deregulation. @acmpolicy's Europe Tech Policy Committee warns it could create a "security vacuum." New consultation response 🧵 www.acm.org/public-polic...

AI systems can now autonomously complete 32-step enterprise cyberattacks. @acmpolicy's Europe Tech Policy Committee warns EU oversight may not be keeping pace. New analysis 🧵 acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc/calibrating-oversight-agentic-frontier-models-04272026

Vibe coding—using AI to write software from plain-language prompts—is reshaping software development. ACM's new TechBrief breaks down the real benefits and systemic risks. 🧵 [https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3807518 ] #VibeCoding #AIPolicy

7/ Read ACM's session read-out from New Delhi: www.acm.org/public-polic... Panelists: ACM President Yannis Ioannidis; TPC Chairs Virginia Dignum & Jeanna Matthews; Dame Wendy Hall; Merve Hickok; Sara Hooker; Neha Kumar; Jibu Elias; and more.

What if an AI system works exactly as designed — and still causes harm? At the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, ACM's Technology Policy Council pushed the field to expand what "AI safety" actually means. 🧵

Three years since ACM USTPC published its 13 principles for generative AI. The landscape has changed: agentic systems, reasoning models, the EU AI Act rolling out, and synthetic data everywhere. Where do these principles still hold? Full document: www.acm.org/binaries/con...

What we covered at the AI Impact Summit-

What if an AI system works exactly as designed — and still causes harm? At the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, ACM's Technology Policy Council pushed the field to expand what "AI safety" actually means. 🧵

Headline Should governments build their own AI or buy from Big Tech? A new @ACM Technology Policy Council framework gives decision-makers a structured answer — and it's more nuanced than either side admits.#AIGovernance #TechPolicy #DigitalSovereignty 🧵

Congratulations to Ricardo Baeza-Yates on receiving the 2025 ACM Luiz André Barroso Award! He is recognized for his pioneering contributions to algorithms and information retrieval and his leadership in fostering a vibrant transnational research community across Latin America. awards.acm.org/barroso

The Monthly TechNews Policy Digest is out and covers 200+ articles, 8 domains, and 30+ countries. We keep up with policy updates so you don't have to. www.linkedin.com/pulse/march-...

A federal AI framework is necessary. But a moratorium on state AI regulation would backfire. @acmpolicy's new op-ed explains why — and what Congress should do instead. 🧵 #AIPolicy #TechPolicy

Voice-to-text AI is in hospitals, courtrooms, hiring platforms & cars. But accuracy gaps across speaker groups raise serious equity concerns. New #TechBrief examines what policymakers need to know. 🧵 #ASR #AIPolicy #AIPolicy #HealthIT dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10....

AI transcription tools are generating text that was never spoken. One tool used in 7M+ patient visits. Doctors can't detect fabrications — audio is deleted for privacy. @acmpolicy on ASR hallucinations. #AIPolicy #HealthIT dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10....

The EU AI Act's Implementing Regulation has a technical problem. ACM's Europe Tech Policy Committee just filed its analysis — and the findings matter for every AI provider in Europe. 🧵 #EUAIAct

The EU AI Act's draft rules could expose AI systems to the risks they aim to prevent. ACM's Europe TPC breaks down the technical gaps, from DoS-risk API access to impossible 14-day forensic deadlines. Independent expertise matters. shorturl.at/I80R9 #EUAIAct #AIGovernance

China is drafting rules for AI systems that act human. @acmpolicy's Asia-Pacific Tech Policy Subcommittee has responded — with 6 technical recommendations to strengthen the Measures. A thread on what's at stake. 🧵

Vannevar Bush's "Science: The Endless Frontier" shaped NSF's mission for years — and for good reason. USTPC's response to NSF's draft 2026–2030 plan makes the case that abandoning that vision for short-term applied gains sacrifice America's long-term leadership. #TechPolicy #NSF shorturl.at/EEIvj

🧵 ACM just responded to NIST's RFI on benchmarking AI: current AI evaluation best practices have critical blind spots. Our feedback to their RFI on automated benchmarks flags 4 major gaps that could undermine safety claims and regulatory compliance. Here's what we're saying.

Highlights from discussion @acm.org rg on #EU Digital Omnibus: What exactly is the "Digital Omnibus"? Michelle Michel explains that this isn't just one law but a set of amendments aimed at making Europe more competitive by streamlining overlapping rules. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uUT...

Webinar: "Europe's Digital Omnibus: New Digital Regime or Simplification?" The EU wants to untangle AI, GDPR, NIS2 & data law in one move. Is that even possible without losing accountability? We think there's a lot to unpack. #DigitalOmnibus #TechPolicy March 19 4:00 CET shorturl.at/Grp3c

The Cyber Safety Review Board is dormant, and that's a cybersecurity risk in itself. ACM US Tech Policy Committee is calling for the CSRB to be reactivated and given a permanent legislative foundation, subpoena power, and full-time expert staff. shorturl.at/ufrs8 #Cybersecurity #CSRB #TechPolicy

Buying vs. Building AI: How should governments navigate the LLM frontier? New ACM TechBrief offers a deep dive into the strategic choices facing nations today—balancing control, cost, and capability. Essential reading for policy makers: dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.... #AI #Policy #SovereignAI #Tech

Computing experts call for clearer, tech-grounded standards in Evidence Rule 707 for handling digital evidence in court. #TechPolicy @ACMorg www.acm.org/binaries/con...

New statement from the ACM U.S. Technology Policy Committee on AdTech & DHS privacy/security: computing experts urge stronger safeguards around government use of advertising-tech data collection. #Privacy #Security #TechPolicy acm.org/binaries/con...