Globally, there has been a concession on transparency and the need for algorithmic audits. Digital India Act The IT Act 2000 oversees almost every facet of online activities. When the laws were first introduced, social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter did not...
Every day a picture to memorialize Abe at AIWS City
Following the Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security, many have contacted the Boston Global Forum to confirm their contributions to the Shinzo Abe Initiative. From August 8, 2022 (one month after his assassination), this Abe Hall will start to operate. Former...
The EU AI Act Will Have Global Impact, but a Limited Brussels Effect
The European Union’s (EU) AI Act (AIA) aspires to establish the first comprehensive regulatory scheme for artificial intelligence, but its impact will not stop at the EU’s borders. In fact, some EU policymakers believe it is a critical goal of the AIA to set a...
AIWS City for Ukraine: Role and Responsibilities of Companies
Boston Global Forum (BGF) announced the Rebuilding Ukraine Program in the conference honoring President Zelensky and all Ukrainian people as 2022 BGF World Leader for Peace and Security. BGF and Michael Dukakis Institute honored Ukraine by “Remaking Ukraine – Toward...
Microsoft and AWS Collaborate to Develop ‘PyWhy’: A New Github Home for ‘DoWhy’ – Judea Pearl’s concepts deployed
As computing systems become more actively involved in societally essential areas such as healthcare, education, and government, it is crucial to accurately forecast and comprehend these interventions’ causal repercussions. Traditional machine learning algorithms based...
India Issues New Draft Data Governance Framework
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a draft National Data Governance Framework to mobilise citizen non-personal data for use by public and private entities in a bid to improve services. The draft policy proposes launching a...
The U.S. can improve its AI governance strategy by addressing online biases
The United States has been working to codify the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative that focuses on six strategic pillars: improving AI innovation, advancing trustworthy AI, creating new education and training opportunities through AI, improving existing...
Statement of Boston Global Forum on Russia and Ukraine
Boston, 02/20/2022 We, the Boston Global Forum (BGF), an organization dedicated to promoting a more peaceful world through its World Leader for Peace and Security Award (its recipients have been Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chancellor Angela Merkel, UN Secretary-General...