by Editor BGF | Jul 3, 2025 | News
Boston, MA – July 4, 2025
Happy July 4th, 2025.
Today, as we celebrate Independence Day in the United States, we are reminded of our enduring responsibility to use our freedoms to build a better world.
From the United States of America, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the AI World Society (AIWS) are dedicated to contributing to a better, safer, and more just world through the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
Since 2017, AIWS has pioneered initiatives in AI Politics, Economics, Society, Education, Innovation, Healthcare, and Culture, establishing a Social Contract for the AI Age. We have advanced the AIWS-G7 Summit Initiative, AIWS Government 24/7, the Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7, AIWS Esteemed Digital Assets, AIWS Music for Humanity, and the AIWS Film Park.
This year, BGF proudly celebrates the 10th Anniversary of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award (2015-2025). To honor this milestone, we are producing narrative films about recipients of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award and the World Leader in AIWS Award. This meaningful project, led by Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder, Co-Chair, and CEO of BGF, will bring to life the stories of the leaders who have shaped a more peaceful, democratic, and enlightened world.
Additionally, BGF and AIWS will issue Leader Digital Assets as “Leader NFTs”, ensuring that the legacies of these esteemed leaders are preserved and accessible to inspire current and future generations.
These initiatives are not abstract ideas—they are practical steps toward ensuring that AI serves humanity, upholds democratic values, and strengthens peace and security globally.
On this July 4th, I call upon every individual, everywhere, to join us at BGF and AIWS in making AIWS a reality. Together, we can ensure that the promise of AI is realized as a force for good, advancing human dignity and progress for all.
Let us work together to build a better world in the AI Age.
Warm regards,
Governor Michael Dukakis
Co-Founder and Co-Chair, Boston Global Forum
Former Governor of Massachusetts
by Editor BGF | Jul 4, 2025 | News
On this Independence Day, Let Us Renew Our Commitment to Liberty, Dignity, and the rule of law this 4th of July — principles that anchor both American democracy and global peace. Wishing the Boston Global Forum continued success in advancing these ideals around the world.
Hon. Mark R. Kennedy
Founding Director, Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition (WISC)
Member of the BGF Board of Thinkers
From its earliest days, America’s promise—“all men are created equal” and endowed with “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”—has echoed far beyond its borders. Thomas Jefferson could hardly have foreseen how his words would inspire, over centuries, desperate migrations: Irish families fleeing famine, Europeans leaving crowded ghettos, Asian laborers crossing oceans, Mexicans seeking opportunity on the other side of the border. Each wave was drawn by the same promise, unsettling old societies, transforming both the newcomers and the nation they entered.
The United States stands out among nations, not as a country defined by shared ancestry or ancient borders, but as one built around this revolutionary idea. The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor symbolizes this welcome—a beacon to generations who made the journey in search of freedom. Yet, America’s embrace of newcomers has always been complicated.
Today, as new migrants and asylum seekers arrive, they face not just the hope of opportunity but also new policies of detention and deportation. Children and families are held in facilities at the border; hundreds of thousands are sent back each year. The nation still debates: Are Jefferson’s words a universal call, or a guarded privilege?
This is not a new argument. From the beginning, Americans have disagreed about the meaning and limits of their ideals. Jefferson envisioned the Declaration as a signal to the world—a call for all to “burst their chains.” But even as he wrote, others like John Adams worried more about American security and identity, leading to measures like the Alien and Sedition Acts that restricted the rights of newcomers and has been resurrected by the Trump Administration.
Today’s struggles over immigration echo these foundational debates. Policies that detain or deport migrants reflect anxieties as old as the nation, and cast new light on the question: Who gets to claim the promise of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”?
As we celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we are reminded that the American idea remains a work in progress. The call for freedom is still heard, even as the gates are guarded. The true test of the nation’s ideals lies in whether we extend them to those seeking a new beginning—or turn them away at the door.
Thomas Patterson, Harvard Professor
Co-founder of Boston Global Forum
Today we face great challenges and social turbulence. we must look beyond today’s issues of the moment to shape the world we want for future generations. this task will require that we continually experiment and test a wide range of technologies and social institutions in order to find ways of living that best promote human flourishing.
Alex Pentland, MIT and Stanford Professor
BGF Board Member
by Editor BGF | Jul 5, 2025 | Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, News
China unveiled a mosquito-sized drone designed for covert military operations and espionage — a development that’s raising alarms over the potential consequence of the tech falling into the wrong hands.
The miniature device, featuring two leaf-like wings, a black vertical body, and three hair-thin legs, was engineered to mimic the blood-sucking insect by scientists at the National University of Defense Technology in China’s Hunan province.
“Here in my hand is a mosquito-like type of robot,” said Liang Hexiang, an NUDT student who was holding the tiny drone between his fingers in a video shared by state media last weekend.
“Miniature bionic robots like this one are especially suited to information reconnaissance and special missions on the battlefield.”
He said the hair-raising device is capable of carrying out a wide range of military and civilian missions.
The nano-winged drone is equipped with ultra -miniature cameras and microphones to capture images, sounds, and electronic signals — with its tiny size rendering it nearly invisible to the naked eye and capable of flying past conventional radar system undetected.
Despite the technological leap, experts warned of the serious security risks the drone could pose.
“If China is able to produce mosquito-sized drones, it would likely be interested in using them for various intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance tasks, especially in places that larger drones struggle to access, such as indoor areas,” Georgetown research fellow Sam Bresnick told The Telegraph.
“These drones could be used to track individuals or listen in on conversations.”
Please see full here:
https://nypost.com/2025/06/24/world-news/china-unveils-mosquito-sized-drone-designed-for-stealth-military-operations/
by Editor BGF | Jul 4, 2025 | World Leader for Peace and Security, News, World Leaders in AIWS Award Updates
Boston, MA – July 4, 2025 – In a significant announcement made as part of his July 4th message, Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), revealed a groundbreaking initiative by BGF and the AI World Society (AIWS): the issuance of Leader Digital Assets, to be known as “Leader NFTs.”
This pioneering project is designed to ensure that the invaluable legacies of esteemed global leaders are not only preserved but also made enduringly accessible to inspire present and future generations. The initiative will focus on recognizing recipients of both the prestigious World Leader for Peace and Security Award and the World Leader in AIWS Award.
Among the luminaries whose contributions will be honored through these innovative digital assets are transformative figures such as Shinzo Abe, Ban Ki-moon, and Sauli Niinistö. By leveraging blockchain technology, BGF and AIWS aim to create a permanent, accessible record of their leadership and dedication to peace, security, and human-centered development in the AI Age.
This move underscores AIWS’s commitment to harnessing cutting-edge technology responsibly to advance human dignity and progress, transforming abstract ideas into practical steps for a better world.
by Editor BGF | Jul 5, 2025 | News, Shaping Futures
Elon Musk’s threat to start a third major political party has been met with widespread skepticism, as critics pointed to numerous failed bids over decades to disrupt America’s two-party system.
As billionaire Elon Musk feuds with President Trump over his signature tax and domestic policy legislation, Musk has reupped his calls to launch a new political party — a daunting task even for the wealthiest person on Earth.
Musk first floated launching a third party, dubbed the “America Party,” earlier this month, part of a nasty back-and-forth between the president and the Tesla CEO that marked the likely end of their political alliance. Musk raised the idea again this week as lawmakers raced to send the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to Mr. Trump’s desk — and this time, Musk put a time limit on the plan.
“Only the richest person in the world could make a serious effort at creating a new American political party,” Brett Kappel, a veteran election lawyer, told CBS News.
Navigating 50 different state laws — and federal rules
“Political parties are creatures of the states,” Kappel said.
Each state has different legal rules for recognizing which political parties can appear on the ballot, and those hurdles “range from high to extraordinarily difficult to overcome,” he noted. In some cases, a nascent state party may need to get candidates onto the ballot by submitting large numbers of signatures, and then win a certain percentage of the vote across election cycles.
Please see full here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-new-america-political-party-trump-feud-harder-than-it-sounds/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/07/02/elon-musk-third-party-trump/
