The "Free and Open Indo-Pacific" concept, envisioned and advocated by the late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, remains one of the most critical strategic frameworks in geopolitics today. This year marks the 70th anniversary of Mr. Abe Shinzo's birth, and the Friends of Abe...
Alondra Nelson, the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study and the 2024 World Leader in AIWS Award Recipient, spoke at the Black Women & Allies in Tech for Harris Zoom call on August 18, 2024. Dr. Nelson had served as Deputy Assistant to...
The European Union’s (EU) AI Act (AIA) aspires to establish the first comprehensive regulatory scheme for artificial intelligence, but its impact will not stop at the EU’s borders. In fact, some EU policymakers believe it is a critical goal of the AIA to set a...
At the initiative of the United States, the United Nations Security Council held a briefing on May 23 on the use of digital technologies in maintaining international peace and security. Among the compelling statements made was that of the Permanent Representative of...
Boston Global Forum (BGF) announced the Rebuilding Ukraine Program in the conference honoring President Zelensky and all Ukrainian people as 2022 BGF World Leader for Peace and Security. BGF and Michael Dukakis Institute honored Ukraine by “Remaking Ukraine – Toward...
As computing systems become more actively involved in societally essential areas such as healthcare, education, and government, it is crucial to accurately forecast and comprehend these interventions’ causal repercussions. Traditional machine learning algorithms based...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a draft National Data Governance Framework to mobilise citizen non-personal data for use by public and private entities in a bid to improve services. The draft policy proposes launching a...
The United States has been working to codify the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative that focuses on six strategic pillars: improving AI innovation, advancing trustworthy AI, creating new education and training opportunities through AI, improving existing...