This week has been a more mellow one, but that doesn’t mean that nothing happened. In fact, plenty happened in the Four Pillars space, but as these are small events or stories without an broad overarching theme like last week or the NATO summit. We have compiled them...
Amma, renowned humanitarian and spiritual leader, continues her tour in North America with a visit to Massachusetts and New England. Governor Michael Dukakis, Chair of Boston Global Forum, and BGF Board Members – CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan, Professors Alex Pentland and...
World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid Members Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien and Jorge Quiroga led the discussion in the thought-provoking Next Generation Democracy (NGD) America roundtable in San Francisco. NGD is a program led by the Club de...
At a technology trade show in Germany, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who received World Leader in Cybersecurity honored by the Boston Global Forum, informed the audience that Japan is not scared of AI and that the AI sector could provide immense benefits for...
DeepMind, a UK company owned by Alphabet, discovered that an AI program trained to navigate through a virtual maze has developed an architecture that resembles the neural “GPS system” found inside a brain, helping the AI find its way around the maze with unprecedented...
Last week, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence – a national commission to guide America’s artificial intelligence investments – was introduced by a bipartisan pair of senators as a way to stay ahead of Chinese AI. The National Security...
At Google’s annual I/O conference in Mountain View, California on May 7, CEO Sundar Pichai introduced some new features to make technology increasingly accessible, including “Pretty Please” and “Google Duplex” for Google Assistant, “Do Not Disturb” and “Dashboard” for...
Following claims that the U.S is ahead of other nations in AI, the White House announced the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence convened under the National Science and Technology Council on May 10, 2018. The Select Committee signals the Trump administration’s...