At Harvard Business School on May 13, 2026, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair and CEO of the Boston Global Forum and Founder of AIWS, delivered opening remarks at the BGF Roundtable on VNPT and AIWS Trust Infrastructure.
In his remarks, Nguyen Anh Tuan reflected on the historic role of VNPT and Vietnam’s Posts and Telecommunications sector in pioneering Vietnam’s Internet and digital transformation, while outlining a new strategic path for VNPT in the AI Age. He emphasized that artificial intelligence cannot develop sustainably without trust, and that the AI Age requires a new architecture grounded in ethics, safety, transparency, accountability, privacy, security, fairness, and human dignity.
The remarks proposed concrete areas of collaboration between VNPT and BGF-AIWS, including the AIWS Trust Dashboard, AIWS Trust Rating, AIWS Trust Index, an AI Trust Lab in Vietnam, AI for Public Trust solutions, and training programs in Trustworthy AI. Nguyen Anh Tuan expressed his belief that VNPT can become a pioneering force in building AIWS Trust Infrastructure for Vietnam, ASEAN, and the AI Age.
The roundtable brought together VNPT leaders with Boston Global Forum, AIWS, Harvard Business School, and distinguished minds including Governor Michael Dukakis, Professor Jason Furman, Professor Cynthia Dwork, and Professor Tarun Khanna — opening a meaningful new chapter of cooperation from Boston, the intellectual capital of the world, to Vietnam and the region.
On the afternoon of May 15, 2026, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair and CEO of the Boston Global Forum and AIWS, visited Professor Robert Desimone at his office at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT to present the America 250: AI Pioneers Award Plaque of Honor. The recognition honored Professor Desimone’s pioneering contributions to neuroscience, the science of attention, and the foundations of intelligence in the AI Age.
Professor Desimone, Director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research and Doris and Don Berkey Professor of Neuroscience at MIT, is recognized as one of America’s leading neuroscientists. His four decades of work on attention, perception, and how the brain selects what matters have helped illuminate principles that are deeply relevant to modern artificial intelligence. His Special Profile for the America 250: AI Pioneers Award highlights his foundational role in connecting brain science with the AI Age.
In his remarks of honor, Nguyen Anh Tuan emphasized that the AI Age requires not only computing power, but also wisdom, attention, trust, and human responsibility. He noted that Professor Desimone’s work reminds us that intelligence begins not only with computation, but with the capacity to focus, select, understand, and act responsibly.
During their meeting, Professor Desimone and Nguyen Anh Tuan also discussed plans to organize a series of high-level roundtables on urgent and important issues in AI, with the participation of distinguished America 250: AI Pioneers. The McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT is expected to host these conversations, creating a special forum where neuroscience, artificial intelligence, ethics, governance, and human-centered innovation can meet.
These roundtables will continue the spirit of America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age — bringing together pioneering minds to help shape an AI Age that is not only intelligent and powerful, but trustworthy, humane, and guided by human dignity.
The Boston Global Forum presents a special photo series capturing historic moments from the conference “America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age,” held on May 1, 2026.
This landmark event brought together distinguished leaders, scholars, innovators, and pioneers to reflect on America’s 250-year journey and its future leadership in the AI Age. Through these images, BGF highlights memorable moments of dialogue, recognition, friendship, and shared commitment to building AIWS Trust Infrastructure, AIWS Information Trust Infrastructure, and a future in which artificial intelligence serves human dignity, freedom, and the common good.
The photo series also records the meaningful reception of the book America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age, co-authored by Governor Michael S. Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan. The book has been presented to and warmly welcomed by distinguished leaders and partners from Vietnam, the United States, academia, business, and global innovation communities.
Among the special moments are images of the book being received by Mr. Tran Duc Thang, the highest-ranking leader of Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, reflecting the growing connection between the vision of America at 250 and Vietnam’s aspirations in the AI Age.
The series also features moments at Harvard Business School, where Mr. Huynh Quang Liem, Chief Executive Officer of VNPT Group, met with Harvard Business School leaders, including Senior Associate Dean V.G. Narayanan. These images symbolize the expanding bridge between Vietnam’s leading digital infrastructure corporation, the Boston Global Forum, Harvard, MIT, and the global knowledge ecosystem.
Together, these photographs tell a story beyond one conference. They reflect a movement — from ideas to implementation, from democratic leadership to Trust Infrastructure, and from America at 250 to a shared global mission for a wiser, more trusted AI Age.
Japan’s New Indo-Pacific Vision and the Call for AIWS Trust Infrastructure
Japan’s updated vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) shows that the legacy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is entering a new phase: the AI and data age.
In her foreign policy speech in Hanoi on May 2, 2026, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized Japan’s updated FOIP, including the need to build economic infrastructure for the age of AI and data, strengthen supply chain resilience, co-create growth opportunities through public-private collaboration, and enhance security cooperation for regional peace and stability.
This is a natural evolution of Shinzo Abe’s Indo-Pacific vision. FOIP is no longer only about maritime freedom, the rule of law, and regional connectivity. In the AI Age, freedom and openness must also be protected in data, digital infrastructure, AI systems, supply chains, and the civic information space.
Recent Japanese diplomacy reinforces this direction. Japan and Australia have emphasized the need for a safe, secure, and trustworthy AI and digital ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific. Japan and India have advanced strategic dialogue on AI cooperation, while the EU–Japan Digital Partnership continues to deepen cooperation on trusted digital infrastructure, secure connectivity, and interoperable standards.
For the Shinzo Abe Initiative, this moment is highly significant. It shows that Abe’s FOIP can become a strategic foundation for AIWS Trust Infrastructure, AIWS Trusted Order, and Japan Lumina — linking geopolitical resilience with human dignity, cultural wisdom, trust, and responsible innovation.
In the AI Age, the Indo-Pacific must be free and open not only in seas and trade routes, but also in AI, data, information, infrastructure, and values. Japan is well positioned to help lead this transformation — carrying forward Shinzo Abe’s vision into a new era of trusted and human-centered AI.
Daphne Koller, Founder and CEO of insitro and one of the 50 honorees of the America 250: AI Pioneers, delivered a compelling keynote at the prestigious conference “America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age” held at Harvard University’s historic Loeb House.
In her address, Koller called for a fundamental shift in AI development — moving beyond traditional vector-based models toward richly structured models capable of representing complex, real-world relationships.
“Today’s AI systems are very good at simple input-output tasks,” Koller noted. “But the real world is not a single vector. To truly understand a scene, we need models that can reason about multiple interconnected elements at once — for example, recognizing not just that there is a dog in the image, but also the frisbee, the beach, and the children building a sandcastle.”
Her vision emphasizes the need for AI systems that better mirror the structured nature of human cognition and the physical world. Koller argued that the next leap in artificial intelligence will come from models that can capture rich relationships between variables, both in inputs and outputs.
The conference, organized by the Boston Global Forum and the AI World Society, brought together leading voices in AI to explore America’s role as a global beacon of ethical and responsible innovation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. As one of the 50 America 250 AI Pioneers, Koller’s participation underscored the importance of foundational scientific thinking in shaping the future of AI.
The Trump–Xi summit shows that artificial intelligence has become a defining issue of global power, strategic stability, and the future of civilization. Reports indicate that the two sides discussed AI guardrails and advanced Nvidia chips, while U.S. officials also described talks on AI best practices and safeguards for powerful models. (Bloomberg)
For AIWS — AI World Society and AI Wisdom Society, this moment confirms a central truth: the AI Age cannot be governed by power alone. It requires wisdom, trust, human responsibility, and verifiable standards. Competition in chips, models, data, and platforms must be balanced by Trust Infrastructure — including transparency, provenance, human-in-command principles, independent auditing, AIWS Trust Rating, and an AIWS Trusted Order.
At the same time, the Boston Global Forum is expanding its network of partners to implement AIWS Trust Infrastructure and AIWS Lumina in practice. Over the past week, BGF held two important meetings in Boston with partners from Asia and Europe who came to meet with Nguyen Anh Tuan and discuss concrete pathways for collaboration. These meetings reflect a growing recognition that trusted AI must move from vision to implementation — through standards, cultural architecture, responsible innovation, and international cooperation.
The lesson is clear: powerful AI must become trustworthy AI. The future of AI will not be secured merely by technological superiority, but by the wisdom to ensure that AI serves human dignity, peace, safety, creativity, and the common good of humanity.
Nguyen Anh Tuan and Yasuhide Nakayama are developing Japan Lumina, a special branch of AIWS Lumina, to bring the enduring values of Japanese civilization into the AI Age.
Founded as the AI World Society, AIWS has evolved into the AI Wisdom Society, where the letter W represents both World and Wisdom. This evolution reflects a deeper mission: to ensure that artificial intelligence is guided not only by technological intelligence, but also by human wisdom, culture, trust, beauty, and dignity.
Japan Lumina connects the values of harmony, reflection, discipline, integrity, beauty, compassion, and respect for human dignity with the broader AIWS Lumina culture of Love, Creativity, and Nobility. It is envisioned as both a cultural initiative and a civilizational framework — linking Japan and the United States, Boston and Tokyo, tradition and innovation, and technological progress with human-centered wisdom.
Inspired by America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age and supported by the leadership of Yasuhide Nakayama, Japan Lumina proposes that Japan become an important home for annual AIWS Lumina activities and a living bridge of trust, culture, and shared human values for the world.
The symbolic image of AIWS Lumina — a radiant human figure surrounded by light, beauty, and renewal — expresses the spirit of this vision: in the AI Age, humanity must not be diminished by technology, but elevated by wisdom, love, creativity, and nobility.
As part of the historic America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age Conference held on May 1, 2026 at Harvard University’s Loeb House, the Boston Global Forum and the AI World Society presented the America at 250: AI Pioneers Award, honoring 50 extraordinary scientists, innovators, business leaders, and public thinkers whose contributions have shaped artificial intelligence in service to humanity.
The commemorative video, America at 250: AI Pioneers, celebrates these remarkable individuals and highlights a central message of the conference and the book America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age: that the future of AI must be guided by trust, human dignity, ethical responsibility, and a deep commitment to advancing civilization.
A particularly meaningful recognition of this initiative came from Trần Đức Thắng, the highest-ranking leader of Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. In his official letter dated April 30, 2026, addressed to Governor Michael S. Dukakis and the distinguished leaders of the Boston Global Forum, he congratulated the Forum on its efforts to advance governance, innovation, and human-centered artificial intelligence in the AI Age.
Mr. Trần Đức Thắng expressed appreciation for the vision reflected in America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age and specifically recognized the America at 250: AI Pioneers, noting that their contributions have helped shape science, technology, public life, and responsible innovation. He emphasized Hanoi’s strong commitment to international cooperation in science, technology, digital transformation, and trustworthy AI.
The letter also welcomed practical collaboration between Hanoi and the Boston Global Forum in areas including trustworthy AI governance for public services, information integrity, deepfake response, data governance, healthcare, education, and AI capacity development.
This message from Hanoi’s top leader underscores the growing global significance of the ideas advanced by the Boston Global Forum, the AI World Society, and the book America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age. It also highlights Vietnam’s readiness to work with the United States, Japan, Europe, and other democratic partners to implement AIWS Trust Infrastructure and build a more trustworthy and human-centered civilization in the AI Age.
Boston, May 11, 2026 — The Boston Global Forum today announces a significant evolution in the meaning and mission of AIWS.
Originally founded in 2017 as the AI World Society, AIWS was created as a vision for building a global society in which artificial intelligence serves humanity, peace, democracy, and human dignity.
Over the past nine years, AIWS has grown into a globally recognized initiative, influencing leaders, scholars, innovators, policymakers, and citizens around the world. Its ideas and frameworks—including the Social Contract for the AI Age, AIWS Government 24/7, AIWS Trust Infrastructure, and AIWS Lumina—have helped shape international discussions on the future of artificial intelligence and democratic governance.
As AIWS approaches its 10th anniversary in 2027, the Boston Global Forum is expanding and deepening this vision.
Building upon the strong global foundation established by the AI World Society, AIWS will place a renewed emphasis on Wisdom as the guiding principle for the next stage of its development.
Accordingly, AIWS now evolves into the AI Wisdom Society (AIWS).
This evolution preserves the trusted acronym AIWS while enriching the meaning of the letter W, which now represents both World and Wisdom.
World reflects the global community of nations, institutions, leaders, innovators, and citizens working together to shape the future of artificial intelligence.
Wisdom reflects the human insight, ethical judgment, cultural depth, reflection, and noble values required to guide artificial intelligence in service of humanity.
This is not a departure from the original mission of AIWS, but a natural and historic deepening of it.
“After nine years of global growth and influence, and as we prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of AIWS, we are building upon the strong foundation of the AI World Society and placing greater emphasis on Wisdom as the guiding force for the AI Age. The letter ‘W’ in AIWS now stands for both World and Wisdom,” said Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO of the Boston Global Forum and Founder of AIWS.
“AIWS began as the AI World Society. Today, it evolves into the AI Wisdom Society—affirming that artificial intelligence must serve the world and be guided by wisdom.”
The evolution to AI Wisdom Society reflects a historic transition:
From intelligence to wisdom.
From technology to civilization.
From global connection to global responsibility.
From digital power to human dignity.
From artificial intelligence to artificial intelligence guided by wisdom.
AIWS will continue to advance its established initiatives, including:
AIWS Trust Infrastructure
AIWS Trust Architecture
AIWS Government 24/7
AIWS Social Contract for the AI Age
AIWS Lumina
AIWS Information Trust Infrastructure
AIWS Trust Order
AIWS Film Park
AIWS Angel
The new identity aligns closely with the vision of the book America at 250: A Beacon for the AI Age, co-authored by Michael S. Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan, and with the continuing development of AIWS Trust Infrastructure and AIWS Lumina.
The Boston Global Forum will use the name AI Wisdom Society (AIWS) in future publications, programs, and initiatives, while honoring and expanding upon the founding legacy of the AI World Society.
AIWS: World and Wisdom — A Beacon for the AI Age
About the Boston Global Forum
The Boston Global Forum convenes leaders, thinkers, innovators, and citizens to develop initiatives for peace, security, democracy, and responsible innovation in the AI Age.
About AI Wisdom Society (AIWS)
AI Wisdom Society (AIWS), building on the foundation of the AI World Society, is a global initiative dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence serves humanity and is guided by world and wisdom, trust, culture, nobility, and human dignity.
