Microsoft President Brad Smith posts his top 10 tech issues for 2019

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Published onJanuary 14, 2019

published onJanuary 14, 2019

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In a post on LinkedIn, Microsoft President Brad Smith takes stock of the issues that faced the tech industry in 2018 and looks ahead listing the top 10 issues that the tech industry will need to address for 2019. Here’s a look at the top 10 tech issues and developments to look out for in 2019, as referenced by Microsoft’s Smith:

PRIVACY

DISINFORMATION

PROTECTIONISM IN THE PACIFIC

DIGITAL DIPLOMACY

ETHICS CHALLENGES FOR AI

AI AND THE ECONOMY

THE PEOPLE SIDE OF TECHNOLOGY

RURAL BROADBAND

SOVEREIGNTY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE CLOUD

TECH GROWTH AND COMMUNITIES

While Smith’s top 10 list is far from the only importantissuestech faces, it doesn’t offer solutions. This list could easily be a list of required courses for a degree in Digital Business Management. It seems as if there is a new privacy leak or issue on an almost daily basis. Recently,Amazon and Ring doorbellsare once such alarming privacy example.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are just beginning to show what they can do to reap benefits for the technology world. With and without proper governance by the tech industry of these technologies, AI, machine learning, and other emerging technologies can bring big positives as well as unforeseen negatives on people and the world as a whole.

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