Dr. Cansu Canca, a distinguished member of the AIWS Board, is an internationally recognized expert in AI ethics whose pioneering work bridges academic research, policy development, and practical governance frameworks. As the Founder and Director of the AI Ethics Lab and a faculty member at Northeastern University, she has led groundbreaking studies on the societal impacts of AI, with a particular focus on safeguarding human well-being in the digital age.
Her recent research, featured prominently in Time, the Los Angeles Times, and Northeastern Global News, examines how large language models like ChatGPT and Perplexity handle sensitive topics such as suicide and self-harm. By revealing vulnerabilities in AI safeguards—especially in scenarios involving “jailbreaking” prompts—Dr. Canca’s work underscores the urgent need for robust, ethically aligned AI systems. These studies have sparked global dialogue on balancing free information access with responsible guardrails to protect vulnerable users.
Within the framework of the AI World Society (AIWS), Dr. Canca’s contributions help shape the AIWS 7-Layer Ethical Framework, embedding principles of safety, transparency, and human dignity into the design and deployment of AI technologies. Her leadership reinforces AIWS’s mission to ensure AI serves as a force for humanity, fostering systems that are both innovative and aligned with fundamental ethical values.
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) will support the Global National Startup Forum – Autumn Summit – Hanoi 2025, hosted by the Vietnam National Entrepreneurship Association (VINEN) on August 30, 2025 at the Vietnam Exhibition Center in Hanoi—the largest exhibition center in Southeast Asia. The event celebrates the 80th anniversary of Vietnam National Day (September 2, 1945) and will bring together leading entrepreneurs, policymakers, and innovators from Vietnam and around the world.
The Summit will feature speakers from the AIWS Brands and Values Board, who will highlight AIWS Digital Assets as new opportunities for Vietnam’s startup ecosystem, enabling ethical AI governance, global market expansion, and sustainable investment.
Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-Founder and Chairman of BGF, will send special opening remarks, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, Co-Founder and CEO of BGF, will deliver a keynote speech highlighting opportunities for Vietnam to build global brands and values in the Age of AI.
This major gathering will foster global connections, knowledge exchange, and strategic partnerships, positioning Vietnam as a vibrant hub for innovation in the Indo-Pacific.
Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s cyber ambassador-at-large, joins Zoom In Zoom Out to explore how social media can be redesigned for democracy. In an era of deepfakes, disinformation and AI-generated manipulation, Tang advocates for “pro-social media”—platforms that reward nuance, build consensus and bridge ideological divides. From Taiwan’s crowdsourced Anti-Fraud Act to AI safety collaborations, Tang shares concrete tools to promote transparency, digital participation and online resilience.
Approximately one hundred Speakers and thirty Deputy Speakers are expected to participate in the conference, which includes a general debate, panel discussions, round-table discussions and presentations of reports. The conference will be preceded by a summit for women Speakers from various parliaments and will close with the adoption of a high-level declaration drawn up by a representative group of Speakers in consultation with their colleagues.
The Speaker Andreas Norlén , 2021 World Leader for Peace Security Award Recipient , among other things, delivered a speech at the general debate on the theme “A world in turmoil: Parliamentary cooperation and multilateralism for peace, justice and prosperity for all” and make contributions to two panel debates. He will furthermore hold meetings with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and UNDP Assistant Secretary-General Susan Brown, as well as bilateral meetings with fellow Speakers from various parliaments.
On July 23, 2025, the White House unveiled its “Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan” (the “Plan”), a comprehensive roadmap outlining a series of policy goals and recommended policy actions intended “for near-term execution by the federal government.”1 The Trump administration is expected to implement the Plan across economic, national security, and technological domains with the aim of achieving “global dominance in artificial intelligence (“AI”).”2 The Plan includes over 90 policy recommendations structured around three pillars: 1) Accelerating AI Innovation; 2) Building American AI Infrastructure; and 3) Leading in International AI Diplomacy and Security.3 Simultaneous with the release of the Plan, the Trump administration issued three executive orders (“Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government,” “Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure” and “Promoting the Export of the American AI Technology Stack”) that aim to operationalize the Plan’s proposed policy recommendations. This Alert summarizes the key elements of the Plan’s three pillars and highlights practical and legal implications for intellectual property attorneys, AI developers and enterprise users to consider.
