by Editor BGF | Jan 20, 2025 | Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, News
Mark Kennedy
An issue getting scant attention should be among the most pressing concerns for the US. Preserving our innovation and technological edge and leadership is imperative to our economic success and to our national security. Yet that leadership faces significant threats, which are being all but ignored in the national discussion.
Warning signs have been flashing red when it comes to technological innovation, particularly in the competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). America’s leadership in this crucial area is at greater risk than any time since President John F. Kennedy’s call to win the space race some six decades ago.
China is now more a peer competitor economically, militarily, and diplomatically than many believe, and technology is driving its advances. Naïve arrogance keeps too many Americans from seeing that the PRC has become a tech powerhouse and, in worrisome ways, a tech threat.
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https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/red-flags-tech-race-america-must-act-now-preserve-its-innovation-edge
by Editor BGF | Jan 20, 2025 | World Leader for Peace and Security, World Leaders in AIWS Award Updates
On January 9, 2025, Professor Alondra Nelson, member of the U.S. National Science Board and World Leader in AIWS Award recipient, visited Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa, Vietnam, where she engaged in insightful discussions with local government leaders. During the meeting, the leaders of Nha Trang-Khanh Hoa expressed their profound respect for Professor Nelson’s work and confirmed their support for the AIWS Government 24/7 Initiative, launched by the Boston Global Forum. They also announced their intention to host an annual international conference on AIWS and the AIWS Government 24/7 model starting in 2025, becoming the first government to formally recognize and back this transformative initiative.
This roundtable discussion was part of the “On the Road to the AI Action Summit,” set to take place in Paris on February 10-11, 2025. The meeting came at a crucial time, coinciding with a national conference led by the highest-ranking political leaders in Vietnam. On January 13, 2025, the Secretary-General of the Party, To Lam, chaired a pivotal nationwide meeting to implement the 57 Resolution on Science, Technology, and Digital Transformation, involving key leaders at both the central and local levels.
Later that day, on January 13, Alondra Nelson visited Da Nang, a major hub for Vietnam’s digital transformation. She recommended ideas to help develop science, technology, and digital transformation, engaging in productive discussions with city leaders. This marked the first local government-level discussion in Vietnam on deploying science, technology, and digital transformation under the 57 Resolution. Da Nang also expressed a strong interest in hosting an international conference focused on AIWS Government 24/7.
These meetings and ongoing dialogues highlight the growing support for the AIWS Government 24/7 initiative across Vietnam and underscore the country’s commitment to building the AI World Society (AIWS) to create a better world powered by AI.
by Editor BGF | Jan 20, 2025 | News
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he plans to issue an executive order that would give TikTok’s China-based parent company more time to find an approved buyer before the popular video-sharing platform is subject to a permanent U.S.ban.
Trump announced the decision in a post on his Truth Social account as millions of TikTok users in the U.S. awoke to discover they could no longer access the TikTok app or platform. Google and Apple removed the app from their digital stores to comply with a federal law that required them to do so if TikTok parent company ByteDance didn’t sell its U.S. operation to an approved buyer by Sunday.
He said his order would “extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions take effect” and “confirm that there will be no liability for any company that helped keep TikTok from going dark before my order.
“Americans deserve to see our exciting Inauguration on Monday, as well as other events and conversations,” Trump wrote.
https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china-bdc79b7ce741a81761f67ea56d410103
by Editor BGF | Jan 20, 2025 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance, AI Action Summit
As global efforts intensify to build the AI World Society (AIWS), nations and organizations worldwide are coming together to support the AIWS Government 24/7 initiative, which aims to reshape governance through artificial intelligence. This historic collaboration was highlighted at the upcoming AI Action Summit in Paris.
USA:
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the Wilson Center’s Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition under the leadership of Hon. Mark Kennedy, are pivotal in advocating for the AIWS Government 24/7 model. Their strategic collaboration calls on global leaders to implement AI-driven governance for greater efficiency, transparency, and societal benefits.
Vietnam:
In a landmark move, the Nha Trang Khanh Hoa government became the first to officially endorse the AIWS Government 24/7 initiative, and expressed their readiness to host an international conference on the model. At the Saigon International University (SIU) Prize Computer Science Award Ceremony and the SIU Shaping Futures Conference on “AI for a Better World,” attendees, including SIU Prize Laureates, scientists, and scholars, urged governments, businesses, and academic institutions worldwide to join forces in realizing the AIWS Government 24/7 and the Boston Areti AI (BAI) model.
India:
India, through iSPIRT, is making significant contributions to the technical development of AIWS Government 24/7, providing critical solutions like the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Citizen Stack to build AI-driven governance.
Japan:
The Shinzo Abe Initiative will also contribute to the AI Action Summit in February 2025, demonstrating Japan’s strong commitment to supporting AIWS Government 24/7 and the ongoing global cooperation to integrate AI into governance.
This collaborative international effort underscores the growing support for AIWS Government 24/7 as a model for a new era of governance, fostering global peace, prosperity, and stability through the power of AI.
by Editor BGF | Jan 20, 2025 | AI Action Summit, News
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) is proud to co-organize two major events as part of the AI Action Summit, which will take place in Paris on February 10-11, 2025.
The first event, titled “Government 24/7: How AI Might Best Transform Governance”, will be held on February 11, 2025. This hybrid event, with its main venue in Paris, will be connected globally to cities including Boston, Washington DC, Tokyo, Taipei, Nha Trang, New Delhi, and Cabo Verde. The agenda includes a Special Report on Government 24/7 and a New Paris of Enlightenment, and Statement of Dialogs from outstanding students of leading universities such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Georgetown, Columbia, Princeton, Chicago, UCLA, Cambridge, Oxford, Paris PSL, alongside world leaders discussing “Toward a New Paris of Enlightenment”.
In addition, the second event, “AI Action Summit: Transforming Governance in the Age of AI”, marks the beginning of a series of events On the Road to the AI Action Summit, which started on January 4, 2025.
These events will serve as pivotal moments in shaping global discussions on the future of AI governance, focusing on leveraging artificial intelligence for the betterment of society and creating more effective, inclusive, and transparent governance worldwide.
