1. Board of Organizers 1.1. About Boston Global Forum and AIWS The Boston Global Forum (BGF), founded in 2012, is a visionary think tank dedicated to addressing global challenges through collaborative efforts of thought leaders from diverse sectors, including...
Germany leak scandal, Japan’s chip rebound, ceasefire questions: Roundup on the Four Pillars
Minh Nguyen is the Editor of the Boston Global Forum and a Shinzo Abe Initiative Fellow. She writes the Four Pillars column in the BGF...
The new benchmark quantum computers must beat to achieve quantum supremacy
Physicists are confident that a quantum computer will soon outperform the world’s most powerful supercomputer. To prove it, they have developed a test that will pit one against the other. Twice a year, the TOP500 project publishes a ranking of the world’s most...
Jeff Bezos has unveiled Blue Origin’s lunar lander
He revealed details about the company’s new rocket, engine, and lunar lander at a private event in Washington, DC, May 9. Behind curtain number one … Jeff Bezos unveiled Blue Moon, the company’s lunar lander that has been in the works for the past three years. It will...
People are calling for Zuckerberg’s resignation. Here are just five of the reasons why
Facebook has been beset by scandals over the last year and many believe that nothing will change until its founder and CEO is gone. A petition has been launched with one simple objective: to force Mark Zuckerberg to resign as CEO of Facebook. The campaign group behind...
A new way to build tiny neural networks could create powerful AI on your phone
We’ve been wasting our processing power to train neural networks that are ten times too big.Neural networks are the core software of deep learning. Even though they’re so widespread, however, they’re really poorly understood. Researchers have observed their emergent properties without actually understanding why they work the way they do.
Who to Sue When a Robot Loses Your Fortune
Samathur Li Kin-kan, a Hong Kong tycoon, was so impressed with a hedge fund that he decided to invest $2.5 billion in hopes of doubling it over the time. What intrigued him was that the fund is run not by a human, but automatically by an AI-powered robot supercomputer named K1, which is a service offered by Tyndaris Investments, a London-based company.
Facebook will open its data up to academics to see how it impacts elections
More than 60 researchers from 30 institutions will get access to Facebook user data to study its impact on elections and democracy, and how it’s used by advertisers and publishers.