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Today's Topics:
1. SpaceX Starlink network is growing by an average of three
satellites per day (Stephen Loosley)
2. US joins Council of Europe AI and Human Rights Framework
(Stephen Loosley)
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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:24:10 +0930
From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
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Subject: [LINK] SpaceX Starlink network is growing by an average of
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Elon Musk now controls two thirds of all active satellites
SpaceX Starlink network is growing by an average of three satellites per day
By Anthony Cuthbertson 2 days ago, 9 Comments
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-satellites-starlink-spacex-b2606262.html
Elon Musk now controls two-thirds of all active satellites
Elon Musk now controls nearly two thirds of all active satellites orbiting
Earth following the launch of the 7,000th Starlink satellite this week.
The internet satellite constellation, which is built and operated by Mr Musk?s
company SpaceX, has grown by an average of three satellites per day since the
first launch in 2019.
The latest data from non-profit satellite tracker CelesTrak shows that SpaceX
has 6,370 active Starlink satellites in low-Earth orbit, with several hundred
more inactive or deorbited.
The figure, which has risen more than six-fold in just three years, represents
just over 62 per cent of all operational satellites, and is roughly 10-times
the number of Starlink?s closest rival, UK-based startup OneWeb.
The firm, which is a subsidiary of French satellite giant Eutelsat, was forced
to rely on SpaceX rockets to deliver its equipment into space after launches
with Russia?s Soyuz were cancelled in 2022 due to the Russian invasion of
Ukraine.
SpaceX plans to launch up to 42,000 satellites to complete the Starlink
constellation, capable of delivering high-speed internet and phone connectivity
to any corner of the globe.
Starlink currently operates in 102 countries and has more than three million
customers paying a monthly fee to access the network through a $300
ground-based dish.
[Graphic caption: "Countries where Starlink operates (light blue) and where it
plans to launch (dark blue), as of 6 September, 2024"]
The company expects to launch its service in dozens more countries, with only
Afghanistan, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Syria not on the current
waitlist due to internet restrictions or trade embargos.
People in those countries have still been able to access the network through
illegally imported equipment, including activists in Iran who smuggled dozens
of Starlink receivers into the country in 2022.
?Starlink now constitutes roughly 2/3 of all active Earth satellites,? Mr Musk
posted on X following the latest SpaceX launch, which saw 21 more Starlinks
delivered into space aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on
Thursday.
SpaceX?s dominance has prompted concerns about the amount of power the world?s
richest person wields through his control of SpaceX and the Starlink network.
?Between Tesla, Starlink and Twitter, I may have more real-time global economic
data in one head than anyone ever,? the tech boss tweeted in April 2023.
After lawmakers in Brazil introduced a ban last week of the social media
platform X, which is also owned by Mr Musk, Starlink initially made the app
available to its customers in the country, however it has since complied with
the blocking order.
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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 20:44:22 +0930
From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
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Subject: [LINK] US joins Council of Europe AI and Human Rights
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US joins Council of Europe AI and human rights framework
By Alexandra Kelley, Staff Correspondent, Nextgov/FCW September 6, 2024
https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2024/09/us-joins-council-eus-ai-and-human-rights-framework/399358/
By signing the Framework Convention of artificial intelligence this week, the
U.S. pledges to mitigate AI-based discrimination.
Europe?s human rights-centric body opened its Framework Convention on
artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy and the rule of law on
Thursday, offering nations the option to sign an international treaty to
advance the development of standards on how artificial intelligence systems can
be used.
Crafted with stakeholder input from the EU, 46 members of the Council of
Europe, and 11 non-member states including the U.S., the Framework Convention
offers a legal structure focused on combating instances of discrimination
resulting from AI system use.
Some of the areas the council and participating nations looked to safeguard
include gender, race, ethnicity and other potential bases for inequity within a
given AI system lifecycle.
?We must ensure that the rise of AI upholds our standards, rather than
undermining them,? Marija Pej?inovi? Buri?, secretary general of the Council of
Europe, said. ?The Framework Convention is an open treaty with a potentially
global reach. I hope that these will be the first of many signatures and that
they will be followed quickly by ratifications, so that the treaty can enter
into force as soon as possible.?
The U.S. is one of the signatories of the Framework Convention, along with
Israel, the entirety of the EU, the United Kingdom, Norway, Iceland, Andorra,
San Marino and Georgia.
In keeping with the EU?s proactive regulatory response to the advent of
generative AI technologies, the Framework Convention brings more stringent
oversight to non-member countries.
?The AI Treaty is historic,? Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Center
for AI and Digital Policy, told Nextgov/FCW. ?There is now consensus on the
need to safeguard fundamental rights, democratic values and the rule of law in
the development and oversight of AI systems.?
Rotenberg said that the CAIDP welcomes the endorsement of the Framework by U.S.
signatories, though the document will still need to be ratified by the U.S.
Senate.
?As Council of Europe Conventions are open to both member and non-member
states, this convention will likely become the first global treaty for the
governance of AI,? he said. ?CAIDP is urging countries to endorse the Council
of Europe AI Treaty. This is critical to ensure safe, secure and trustworthy
AI.?
Officials within the State Department told Nextgov/FCW that the convention will
help like-minded nations establish a ?rights-respecting? standardized approach
to AI deployment.
?Our signature of the first-ever Framework Convention on AI and Human Rights,
Democracy, and the Rule of Law in the Council of Europe reflects this enduring
commitment and our ongoing work to protect and promote respect for human rights
and democratic values,? an agency spokesperson said.
The Council of Europe, whose role extends beyond the larger EU bureaucracy to
bring independent focus on upholding human rights and democratic rule of law,
initially adopted the Framework Convention in May 2024. It will enter into
effect on the first day of the month after a three month period where five
individual signing countries, including three EU member states, have ratified
it.
International cooperation surrounding the standards by which emerging
technologies like AI can operate coincides with broader Biden administration
policy on regulatory measures. Earlier this year, Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and
Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced a bill to ensure the U.S. is one of the
nations at the forefront of how these standards are developed to ensure its
tech sector can compete on a global scale.
?The Convention is well-aligned with existing U.S. policy, such as the binding
requirements for governance, innovation, and risk management of AI systems
released by the White House Office of Management and Budget in March 2024, as
well as executive orders and policy developed by the Biden and previous
administrations,? the State spokesperson said.
Editor's note: This article has been updated to differentiate the Council of
Europe and EU.
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