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...
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Vietnam AI Contest 2023 – AI in the Age of Global Enlightenment
The Vietnam AI Contest 2023, themed "AI in the Age of Global Enlightenment," invites participation from all high school students in Vietnam aged 15 to 18. Individuals and groups of 2 to 5 members can enter this nationwide competition, which spans from March 2023 to...
The exciting course “Shaping Work of the Future”
We are delighted to introduce the exciting course “Shaping Work of the Future” of Professor Thomas Kochan, member of the Editorial Board of Shaping Futures Magazine, a publication of the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation. Here is a letter from...
AI tool for cancer diagnosis wins FDA breakthrough status
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making inroads in healthcare facilities management, as an aid to improve efficiency in such areas as scheduling, staffing and billing, AI as a diagnostic tool in patient care is still in its infancy. Paige.AI is calling itself the...
China’s masses of data give it an edge in AI—but they may not forever
Last Thursday, MIT hosted a celebration for the new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, a $1 billion effort to create an interdisciplinary hub of AI research. During an onstage conversation between Schwarzman, the CEO and co-founder of investment firm...
China’s Huawei has big ambitions to weaken the US grip on AI leadership
In spite of tensions with the US and its allies, Huawei is rapidly building a suite of Artificial Intelligence (AI) offerings unmatched by any other company over the world. Huawei has big ambitious vision stretches from AI chips for data centers and mobile devices to...
Japan’s Abe refuses to deny that he nominated Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
"I'm not saying that it is not the fact," Abe said, adding that the US President had been working to curb North Korea's nuclear and missile development and that he "highly" appreciated his leadership. "I'll continue to (offer) my utmost cooperation to President Trump...
Debate about AI and Democracy
Given the foreseeable pervasiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern societies, it is legitimate and necessary to ask the question how this new technology must be shaped to support the maintenance and strengthening of constitutional democracy. One side is...