At the Boston Global Forum conference "Governing the Future: AI, Democracy and Humanity" on April 30, 2024, Harvard University's Loeb House, MIT Professor Nazli Choucri, BGF Board Member, emphasized the growing importance of knowledge in the era of Artificial...
As the Artificial Intelligence Act came into force last week, EU Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen, recipient of the World Leader for Peace and Security Award 2020, wrote on August 1, 2024: “Today, the Artificial Intelligence Act comes into force. Europe's pioneering...
Joint Statement EU-US Trade and Technology Council of 4-5 April 2024 in Leuven, Belgium The acceleration of the digital transformation creates unprecedented opportunities for growth and innovation but also raises numerous risks and challenges that call for...
The US government issued new rules Thursday requiring more caution and transparency from federal agencies using artificial intelligence, saying they are needed to protect the public as AI rapidly advances. But the new policy also has provisions to encourage AI...
By Lily L. Tsai, Alex Pentland, Alia Braley, Nuole Chen, José Ramón Enríquez, and Anka Reuel BGF are pleased to introduce new report of MIT professor Alex Pentland, a board member of the Boston Global Forum. Online discourse faces challenges in facilitating...
On March 21, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly achieved a historic milestone by adopting, through consensus, a resolution spearheaded by the United States on "Seizing the opportunities of safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems for...
The European Union’s parliament on Wednesday approved the world’s first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern the mediatized artificial intelligence at the forefront of tech investment. The EU brokered provisional political consensus in early December, and it...
President Joe Biden took credit for the improving economy in his State of the Union speech Thursday. He also addressed artificial intelligence, saying he wants to harness the promise of it - especially one element that had a direct impact on him. "Pass bipartisan...