by Editor BGF | May 31, 2026 | Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, News
One of the most anticipated moments of Interop Tokyo 2026 will be a special dialogue between Vint Cerf, widely recognized as a Father of the Internet, and Nguyen Anh Tuan.
The discussion will explore:
- The future of Information Trust
- Deepfakes and information manipulation
- Trustworthy AI systems
- Democratic digital ecosystems
- The AIWS Trust Order as a new foundation for trust in the AI Age
- Building Trust Infrastructure for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
The session will connect the founding principles of the Internet with the emerging need for trust architectures capable of supporting AI-powered societies.
It also honors the enduring legacy of Shinzo Abe, whose vision of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific continues to inspire democratic cooperation in the AI Age.
by Editor BGF | May 31, 2026 | News
The book America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age, co-authored by Governor Michael S. Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan, has moved rapidly from vision to implementation.
Following its launch at Harvard University’s Loeb House, key ideas from the book are now being translated into institutional frameworks through:
- AIWS Trust Infrastructure
- AIWS Trust Order
- The Tokyo Compact
- AIWS Information Trust Infrastructure
Interop Tokyo 2026 marks the next step in transforming ideas into institutions for the AI Age.
by Editor BGF | May 31, 2026 | News, Shaping Futures
As artificial intelligence becomes a powerful creator and distributor of content, the Boston Global Forum affirms that human responsibility must remain the governing principle of all AI-generated communication.
AI may assist in generating content, but responsibility remains with the humans who direct, publish, distribute, or act upon it.
The Boston Global Forum therefore affirms:
Human Responsibility
Every AI-generated output must remain under clear human responsibility.
Transparency
The involvement of AI should be openly disclosed whenever appropriate.
Human Ownership
The key issue is not AI itself, but the responsibility and judgment of the humans behind it.
Ethical and Legal Accountability
Those who create or distribute false, deceptive, or harmful content must be accountable for its consequences.
Human-in-Command
AI must remain under meaningful human oversight and must never override human dignity, human rights, or human life.
Trust Infrastructure
The AI Age requires systems for authentication, provenance, verification, and accountability.
Global Cooperation
Governments, businesses, civil society, universities, and technology leaders should work together to establish practical frameworks for responsible AI-generated content.
The Boston Global Forum will continue advancing these principles through:
- AIWS Trust Infrastructure
- AIWS Information Trust Infrastructure
- AIWS Trust Order
- AIWS Lumina
Trust is not the enemy of innovation. Trust is the foundation of innovation.
BGF introduced the ‘AI Assistant’ name and concept in 2019 at the Social Contract for the AI Age
by Editor BGF | May 31, 2026 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
The CTO Magazine interview with Governor Michael Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan, discussing their book America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age, articulates a foundational principle:
Trust is the Operating System of the AI Age.
Link: https://ctomagazine.com/ai-governance-and-trust-in-the-digital-era/
Key insights from the interview:
- AI is reshaping every dimension of society — economy, security, media, governance.
- Without trust, AI accelerates fragmentation, manipulation, and instability.
- Democratic societies require trustworthy AI systems, trustworthy information ecosystems, and trustworthy governance frameworks.
The BGF article expands this vision: https://bostonglobalforum.org/global-alliance-for-digital-governance/trust-as-operating-system-nguyen-anh-tuan-and-governor-michael-dukakis-on-governing-ai/
Together, these works form the intellectual foundation of:
- AIWS Trust Infrastructure
- AIWS Information Trust Infrastructure
- AIWS Trust Order
This is the architecture for a democratic, human-centered AI civilization.
by Editor BGF | May 30, 2026 | Global Alliance for Digital Governance
In a new interview with CTO Magazine, Boston Global Forum Co-Founder, Co-Chair and CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan — joined by Governor Michael S. Dukakis — sets out why trust has become the defining institutional challenge of the AI Age.
The conversation moves trust from rhetoric to architecture. Mr. Tuan argues that too many leaders still treat trust as a slogan rather than something that must be built, measured, and enforced — and names the concrete barriers that keep it abstract: the absence of metrics, blurred lines of accountability, the speed of deployment outpacing oversight, the quality of underlying data, and geopolitical fragmentation. Against each, he sets a piece of the AIWS Trust Infrastructure: standards, ratings, independent auditing, and human-in-command safeguards.
The interview closes on the human dimension. Trust Infrastructure provides the architecture of trust; AIWS Lumina supplies its culture and conscience — the values of Love, Creativity, Nobility, and Wisdom that ensure technology serves human dignity.
These themes lead directly into the AIWS Trust Infrastructure Conference at Interop Tokyo on 12 June 2026, where the AIWS Trust Order Board will be launched.
Read the full interview in CTO Magazine: https://ctomagazine.com/ai-governance-and-trust-in-the-digital-era/
