Yasuhide Nakayama, former State Minister of Defense of Japan, spoke at the BGF Conference "Governing the Future: AI, Democracy, and Humanity," held on April 30, 2024 at Harvard University Loeb House via video call from Japan. Here are some of his key notes:...
TikTok ban discourse, again; national security aid package follow-up: Four Pillars Roundup
With the recent American foreign military aid package finally passing Congress and signed by the White House, one of its corollary, the bill to ban TikTok, is regaining traction in public debate. Since the last round of discourse, the positions of both sides have not...
The state of AI in 2020: Democratization, industrialization, and the way to artificial general intelligence
In the State of AI Report 2020, Benaich and Hogarth outdid themselves. While the structure and themes of the report remain mostly intact, its size has grown by nearly 30%. This is a lot, especially considering their 2019 AI report was already a 136 slide long journey...
Artificial intelligence (AI): 5 trends, hype-tested
If you are considering using artificial intelligence (AI) to mature your foundational IT and data capabilities, how do you separate hype from reality? Whether you are exploring the promises of AI for your business or still wondering when you will see truly...
The first three honored Houses at AIWS City
Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-founder and Chairman of the Boston Global Forum, Father of the Internet Vint Cerf, World Leader in AIWS Award recipient, and President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, World Leader for Peace and Security Award recipient, will have virtual digital...
Governor Michael Dukakis and President Vaira Vike-Freiberga invite thinkers, leaders, and innovators to sign the Social Contract for the AI Age
Dear Friends, Last week the Boston Global Forum (BGF) and the World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) organized a policy lab on Translatlantic Approaches to Digital Governance: Social Contract for the AI Age. The event featured several panels on the...
Rochester leads novel research project on how the brain interprets motion
Major NIH award to study how the brain infers structure from sensory signals may have applications for disorders like schizophrenia and offer insights for artificial intelligence. Imagine you’re sitting on a train. You look out the window and see another train on an...
Senator Kimberley Kitching Welcome Remarks to WLA-CdM Policy Lab “Transatlantic Approaches on Digital Governance: A New Social Contract in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dKRFuGBLAI Thank you to the World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and Boston Global Forum for inviting me to deliver some introductory remarks to this timely and important event on the theme - Transatlantic Approaches on Digital...