On October 4, 2025, at 11:00 am, the Memorial Church at Harvard University will host a celebration of the life and legacy of Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr., who passed away in May at the age of 88. Professor Nye was a distinguished thinker and one of the founding...
Issued October 5, 2025 | Boston, MA The Boston Global Forum (BGF) shares the deep concerns expressed by Professor Yoshua Bengio, one of the “Godfathers of AI,” regarding the existential risks posed by artificial intelligence systems capable of deception, self-directed...
On February 28th, 2023, the BGF High-level Dialogue on Regulation Framework for AI Assistants and ChatGPT took place online. The event was chaired by Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of BGF, and Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of BGF, who co-moderated. The keynote speaker was...
AIWS City has planned to contribute new values in AIWS - the Age of Global Enlightenment to several US national parks, including Grand Canyon, Zion, Capitol Reef, Yellowstone, and Acadia, an important link between the aspects of nature, respect for nature, and AI...
Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of Boston Global Forum, the editor of the book “Remaking the World – Toward an Age of Global Enlightenment”, and Ramu Damodaran, Co-chair of the United Nations Centennial Initiative, spoke at the launch of the book “AI in the Age of Global...
In celebration of the 90th birthday of former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, the Boston Global Forum (BGF) has introduced 30 historical figures who have played a key role in building AIWS - The Age of Global Enlightenment. The theme for this year's...
Boston, MA, February 24, 2023, The Global Enlightenment Leaders of the Boston Global Forum are still deeply concerned about the ongoing war in Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused immeasurable suffering to the Ukrainian people and has resulted in the...
Jürgen Schmidhuber is a leading researcher in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and is often referred to as the "father of neural networks." He is renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to deep learning, which have had a profound impact on the...