Audrey Tang, 2025 World Leader in AIWS Award Recipient, coauthored an essay highlighting the need for AI tools that support meaningful civic discourse in the face of rampant polarization and mistrust. The essay is part of a series published by McGill's Centre for...
1966: ELIZA, the first chatbot, is created by Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT. ELIZA simulates a Rogerian psychotherapist and demonstrates the potential of simple natural language processing techniques. ELIZA, an early natural language processing program, was designed to...
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a recipient of Boston Global Forum - Michael Dukakis Institute's World Leader in Cybersecurity Award, gave a speech to mark the new year and 150th Anniversary of the Meiji Restoration. In his speech, he addressed the problems of...
Michael Dukakis, former Massachusetts governor, and cofounder and chairman of the Boston Global Forum (BGF) announced the awards for leadership in Artificial Intelligence saying, "Few elements in technology offer both the promise and peril of Artificial Intelligence,"...
Silicon Valley researchers and technologists are beginning to consider the issue of ethics in computer science with renewed interest. MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and other top universities are offering new courses on the subject of computer ethics and policy, some even...
Last week, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful rocket ever launched by a private company – with 27 engines. The Falcon Heavy is an upgraded version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which for years has been shuttling supplies to the...
On behalf of the Boston Global Forum, and Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, presented a Certificate of Honor to Vaira Vike Freiberga, former president of Latvia, for her wisdom, leadership, and dedication as a valued member...
On behalf of the Boston Global Forum and the Michael Dukakis Institute for Leadership and Innovation, Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan presented a Certificate of Honor to Vaira Vike Freiberga, former president of Latvia, for her wisdom, leadership, and dedication as a valued...