Joseph S. Nye, Jr., a distinguished member of the Boston Global Forum’s Board of Thinkers and one of the most influential scholars in international relations, passed away on May 6, 2025, at the age of 88. Foreign Affairs has highlighted several of his most impactful...
Hanoi, Vietnam — May 5, 2025 This morning, at the Melia Hotel in Hanoi, the Vietnam Banking Times, in collaboration with the State Bank of Vietnam, hosted the high-level conference "Positioning Vietnam's Banks as Global Brands". The event attracted prominent leaders,...
OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria travelled to Tokyo to meet with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe this week to discuss Japan's economy. The OECD Economic Survey of Japan shows an improving economy and increased job growth. The Secretary-General said that “Abenomics [the...
At an AIWS Round Table in Japan earlier this month, top Hitachi engineer Dr. Kazuo Yano gave the keynote speech and called for a switch from standardization to experimentation. Dr. Yano is Chief of Hitachi's R&D Group and has worked with AI systems for nearly 15...
Boston Global Forum's 2018 Leader in AI World Society is Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Secretary-General Angel Gurría. This award is presented to honorees who show commendable leadership and forward-thinking in AI. This year marks the first...
Have you ever stopped to think about how smart your dog really is? AI researchers certainly have. Scientists at the University of Washington have been training AI neural networks to analyze and even predict canine behavior. By using a GoPro and Microphone, the...
The biggest tech news this week was Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before the U.S. Congress. Zuckerberg was called in front of both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee, in response to the news that Cambridge Analytica...
AI is changing the way we live - and now it's changing the way cows live, too. A Dutch company called Connecterra has created the Intelligent Dairy Farmer's Assistant, or "Ida," an AI-driven sensor device to help farmers keep tabs on their herds. Originally tested in...