China unveiled a mosquito-sized drone designed for covert military operations and espionage — a development that’s raising alarms over the potential consequence of the tech falling into the wrong hands. The miniature device, featuring two leaf-like wings, a black...
Boston, MA – July 4, 2025 – In a significant announcement made as part of his July 4th message, Governor Michael Dukakis, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), revealed a groundbreaking initiative by BGF and the AI World Society (AIWS): the...
In the annual International Joint Conference on AI on July 18, AI innovators agreed to a pledge against weaponizing technologies introduced by the Future of Life Institute. According to National Public Radio’s article, a recent demonstration in France of an autonomous...
Dr. Kazuo Yano, Chief Engineer of Hitachi, Ltd. and member of MDI’s AIWS Standards and Practice Committee, said about “AI: The new measurement of happiness” at the Global Dialogue for Happiness in the sixth World Government Summit in Dubai. As reported by Mena Herald,...
As bots become more humanlike, there are systems capable of mimicking human conversation. MIT Technology Review provides people with ways to detect fake accounts. Twitter has recently shut down more than two million accounts or bots. It could only remove obvious...
On May 30, 2018 at the 10th International Conference on Cyber Conflict (CyCon2018), Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves emphasized the need for a united body to fight cyber warfare, especially when it comes to securing liberal democracies. As we are now in...
Kyrgyz Prime Minister Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev called for action to ratify UN Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities. Kjell Magne Bondevik, former Prime Minister of Norway and member of WLA-CdM, recently visited Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to support the...
The Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation (MDI) has launched Shaping Futures magazine. The new magazine will cover Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cybersecurity innovations, initiatives, and solutions, as we with a focus on creating a better world...