Boston Globe, August 15, 2023 https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/08/15/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-regulating-ai/ It is heartening to see the Globe ramp up coverage and commentary on AI’s promise and risks and the increasingly urgent debate over how to regulate this...
The C20 Communique: “We call for a new social contract to unite and protect an Artificial Intelligence World Society”
The three-day Final Summit of Civil20 (C20), an official Engagement Group of G20, came to a successful close in Jaipur. The summit resulted in the presentation of the C20 Communique, a comprehensive inclusive survey and policy recommendations developed. This...
China’s hidden unemployment rate
China's real jobless rate may be considerably higher than the official 5 percent. Bai Peiwei, an economics professor at Xiamen University, estimates, in the words of Bloomberg News, that the rate "may be 10 percent in industries with excess capacity, such as...
Eurozone’s Big Three to meet on post-Brexit planning
The leaders of Germany, France and Italy -- the Eurozone's three largest countries -- are meeting on a small southern Italian island for talks on how the European Union should proceed following Britain’s vote to leave. Italy’s prime minister, Matteo Renzi, German...
Many young Europeans leave future behind
An increasing number of young people in Europe are neither working, nor in school nor being trained. This bodes ill for the socio-economic future of the Continent. Bloomberg reports that "The problem isn't only that they are currently without a job. They 'face...
Obama prepares for last Asia trip as president
President Obama next month will make what is expected to be his final trip to Asia. There he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders. During his time in the White House, Mr. Obama has sought to "rebalance" America's defense and...
Inside Assad’s giant torture chamber
This Guardian piece takes you inside Syrian dictator Bashar Assad's giant prison and torture chamber, where people seized by Assad's forces undergo horrific abuse. "Now ex-detainees and architects have built an accurate model, using 'ear-witness' testimony, of...
Syrian city’s recapture seen as model for taking ISIS ‘capital’
U.S. officials see the recapture of an Islamic State stronghold in Syria -- the city of Manbij -- as a model for future U.S.-backed operations against the murderous terror group, and especially for supporting a march by allied forces on Raqqa, the group's...