Mark Kennedy’s speech at the BGF Conference “AIWS – New Democracy” Harvard University Loeb House, November 25, 2024 During my first year in Congress in 2001, I faced a vote on whether to maintain Normal Trade Relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). I...
Trump set to deepen tech Cold War with China
Former officials say the incoming president will expand tech controls on China, as the rivalry with Beijing promises to loom large for his administration. The containment policy set in the first Trump administration and continued under President Biden is expected to...
AI4Debunk: fighting disinformation and supporting trustworthy online activity
To revolutionize the fight against disinformation, a four-year innovation action, AI4Debunk, has been launched January 2024. Funded by the European Union (EU) through the Horizon Europe Programme, the project brings together an interdisciplinary consortium of 13...
EU Publishes Groundbreaking AI Act, Initial Obligations Set to Take Effect on February 2, 2025
The original article was published on WilmerHale. The EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on July 12, 2024, as “Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying...
Pope: Reconsider the development of lethal autonomous weapons
Pope Francis sends a message to a Hiroshima conference on "AI Ethics for Peace," emphasizing the symbolic importance of discussing peace in a city scarred by atomic tragedy. The BGF presented the paper “Spiritual Values of Religions to Build the Knowledge Platform for...
UNESCO rallies regulators from South-East Europe to debate on the governance of digital platforms
The full article on this UNESCO was published on its website. As happens in different parts of the world, digital platforms in South-East Europe have certainly improved people’s access to information. However, they are also responsible for an increasing spread of...
Congress can kickstart AI regulation by overriding premature state laws
This article was originally published in The Hill. There’s been a great deal of talk in Congress about regulating AI, but most of the legislative action is happening at the state level. If America is to lead the AI charge and create a stable environment for this tech...
Pope to G7: AI is ‘neither objective nor neutral’
On June 1, 2024, the International Inter-religious Conference at the Vatican marked a historic milestone with the groundbreaking ideas presented by Boston Global Forum (BGF) CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan. During the panel titled “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on...