Patrick Grady
Patrick Grady was a policy analyst at the Center for Data Innovation, focusing on AI and content moderation. Previously, he was the project lead at the Internet Commission and worked in strategy at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. Patrick holds masters' in philosophy and political science.
Research Areas
Recent Publications
Tech Panics, Generative AI, and the Need for Regulatory Caution
Exaggerated and misleading concerns about generative artificial intelligence have crowded out reasonable discussion about the technology, generating a familiar, yet unfortunate, “tech panic.”
The EU Should Learn From How the UK Regulates AI to Stay Competitive
While the UK aims to use light touch regulation to become Europe’s leader in AI, the EU has taken the opposite approach, creating burdensome rules for the technology in its set-to-pass AI Act.
With Online Ads, Europe Wants to Have Its Cake and Eat It Too
Services may eventually force EU users into alternative business models to continue operating in the bloc or even abandon ad-based business models globally if forced to adopt EU-style rules everywhere. Europe should not expect the rest of the world to subsidize its online services but should instead ensure privacy rules allow targeted-ad-supported business models to continue flourishing.
Feedback to the European Commission on 2030 Digital Decade Key Performance Indicators
The Center for Data Innovation submits feedback on the European Commission’s key performance indicators to measure the progress towards the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 digital targets. The feedback includes proposed changes on how to improve some of the KPIs.
The AI Act Should Be Technology-Neutral
The AI Act’s broad definition of AI penalizes technologies that do not pose novel risks. To resolve this, policymakers should revise the definition of AI to only apply to specific AI approaches that create significant challenges.
Recent Events and Presentations
Can the E.U. Directive to Combat Violence Against Women Stop AI-Enabled Intimate Image Abuse?
Patrick Grady moderates a Bumble-hosted roundtable on the topic of AI & Gender-based harm.
AI-Generated Art: Boom or Bust for Human Creativity?
Join the Center for Data Innovation for a discussion on how generative AI works, how artists are using these tools, and whether AI-generated art will be a boom or bust for human creativity.
Fireside Chat: Developing the Virtual Worlds
Patrick Grady moderates a discussion between Meta's Marisa Jimenez Martín and Fourtold's Nicola Scocchi at the Digital Conference hosted by the College of Europe, Fireside Chat: Developing the Virtual Worlds.
What Policies Could Help Innovation and Start-Up Ecosystems to Scale?
Patrick Grady speaks about tech panics at a symposium.
Legal and Societal Challenges in the Metaverse
Patrick Grady speaks about legal and societal challenges in the metaverse at an event hosted by Checkstep.
How Should the EU Approach the Metaverse?
Watch the discussion presented by ITIF's Center for Data Innovation on what policy issues EU policymakers should focus on in a possible metaverse initiative.
