Nation's quiet adoption of tech-enabled participation can show a new way forward Glen Weyl is founder of the RadicalxChange Foundation and the Plurality Institute. Audrey Tang is Taiwan's cyber-ambassador and the former first minister of digital affairs of Taiwan....
This new machine-learning model can match corresponding audio and visual data, which could someday help robots interact in the real world. “We are building AI systems that can process the world like humans do, in terms of having both audio and visual information...
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....
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...
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....
Members of the World Leadership Alliance - Club de Madrid (WLA-CdM) have been travelling to conferences to promote inclusiveness in solving conflicts and promoting democracy. At a World Bank forum, former Malawi President and WLA-CdM member said: "First, [leaders]...
Can a self-driving car get a ticket? In California, the answer is yes. This week a self-driving car was pulled over in San Francisco and issued a ticket for cutting a pedestrian off in a crosswalk. The vehicle is owned by the GM-owned startup Cruise, which disputes...
This past Wednesday, March 28, two Boston Global Forum delegates were welcomed to a conference at the Vietnam Police Academy by General Nguyen Van Thanh, Vice Minister of Public Security. BGF was represented by Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, CEO of BGF and Professor Derek...