The Boston Global Forum (BGF) will host the conference “AIWS for New Democracy: Strategies for Democracy to Win in the AI Battle” at Harvard University’s historic Loeb House on November 25, 2024. This significant event aims to convene eminent thinkers, policymakers,...
Silicon Valley Takes Artificial General Intelligence Seriously—Washington Must Too
First, Washington needs to start taking AGI seriously. The potential risks are too great to ignore. Even in a good scenario, AGI could upend economies and displace millions of jobs, requiring society to adapt. In a bad scenario, AGI could become uncontrollable....
Pictures of “US-EU-Japan-India: the Pillars for World Peace and Security” at the Riga Conference 2022
Highlights of US-EU-Japan-India: the Pillars for World Peace and Security Initiative
Global Enlightenment Leaders: Governor Michael Dukakis, BGF’s CEO Nguyen Anh Tuan, MIT professors Alex Sandy Pentland and Nazli Choucri, Chairwoman of the Latvian Transatlanic Organization (LATO) Zaneta Ozolina, and former Japanese State Minister of Defense Yasuhide...
Conservationists are using AI to map out the best ways for saving threatened wildlife and resources
"Observational skills (which) expert trackers wielded took years to develop. So Jewell, a cofounder of the US nonprofit WildTrack, turned to artificial intelligence to help identify animal tracks using photos. Reading those signs is something AI can help humans do....
Rome-Boston-Tokyo will introduce and discuss Manifesto “Tech for Peace in the Global Enlightenment Age” on October 25, 2022
Rome will together with Boston and Tokyo announce the first draft of the Manifesto “Tech for Peace in the Global Enlightenment Age” on October 25 at John Cabot University. This Manifesto as a part of the United Nations Centennial Initiative and support of...
BGF High Level Meeting to build US-EU-Japan-India Pillars for World Peace and Security
At Governor Michael Dukakis’ Estate on October 13, BGF Leaders met and discussed to build US-EU-Japan-India pillars for World Peace and Security. Those that were present are: Former Vice President of World Bank Mats Karlsson, Representative of BGF in Stockholm and...
Opensource Software for SDG
"This challenge is the second event under the initiative of OSS4SDGs - Open Source Soſtware for Sustainable Development Goals - a joint collaboration between the European Commission Directorate-General for Informatics and United Nations Office of Information,...