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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Four Pillars for World Peace and Security: USA, Japan, EU-UK, and India
The Concept of the 'Four Pillars for Peace and Security' first gained prominence during the Riga Conference 2021, as promulgated by the BGF, as a way to connect the four leading democracies in the world. At the C20-G20 Summit in India in 2023, BGF's CEO, Nguyen Anh...
Discussing AI Ethics in Japan
This past Monday, April 2nd, the Artificial Intelligence World Society hosted an AIWS Round Table in Tokyo, Japan. The core theme was AIWS's 7-layer framework. Boston Global Forum and AIWS were represented by CEO Tuan Nguyen. They were joined by representatives of top...
AI That Scans the Stars
Are we alone in the universe? Researchers at the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems are using artificial intelligence to answer that very question. They have trained an artificial neural network (or ANN, software that mimics the human learning process) to rapidly...
Memorial Service for Professor Stephen Hawking Held in Hanoi
Today, a memorial service was held in Hanoi, Vietnam in honor of the late Professor Stephen Hawking, a world-renowned cosmologist and theoretical physicist. The service was organized by the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, VietnamNet, Vietnam...
France Joins the AI Race
France is joining the artificial intelligence race, with President Emmanuel Macron pledging $1.8 billion to AI development by 2022. His plan includes incentives to attract more scientists and tech companies to move to France, as well as more public research funding....
Atlanta Targeted by Massive Ransomware Attack
If asked, most can probably think of a recent cyber attack. Sony, Equifax, and Yahoo might come to mind. Over the past ten days however, one group of cybercriminals has gone after an even more ambitious target - the entire city of Atlanta, Georgia. Last week, a...
Angela Merkel Eyeing the Future of Europe
After being elected to a fourth term and forming a coalition government, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is thinking about the future of Europe. A few weeks ago, she met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss a road map for the future of the European Union....