Japan’s Cyber Emergency: When Defense Goes Active, Trust Must Lead
On October 9, Masaaki Taira, head of the Liberal Democratic Party's cybersecurity strategy headquarters, declared Japan in a state of emergency in cyberspace. A wave of attacks has disrupted more than 20 companies across transport, retail, finance, and cloud services....
Demis Hassabis: Who Will Share in AI’s Scientific Promise?
The Wall Street Journal’s October 21 profile of Demis Hassabis explores his ambition to accelerate scientific discovery and drug development through AI. It raises an equally consequential question: who will benefit? (wsj.com) AlphaFold offers an encouraging example....
DuoDiscover: AI Agents Advance Software and Processor Design
In complex engineering, proposing an improvement can be easier than proving that it works. When a single evaluation takes hours, testing becomes a limit on discovery itself. DuoDiscover, introduced...
Takaichi’s Message to the U.S.–Japan Council: An Alliance Renewed Through People
That theme runs through Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s message to the 2026 U.S.–Japan Council Annual Conference in Tokyo on October 15, delivered on her behalf by Parliamentary Vice-Minister for...
Macron and Zelenskyy, World Leaders for Peace and Security, Make Support for Peace Concrete
Peace requires the ability to protect people while diplomacy seeks a durable settlement. That responsibility was central to the October 15 meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and...
EVENTS
Lessig, Dwork, and Levits at Harvard: BGF Conference 2026 on the New Civilization of the AI Age
Lessig, Dwork, and Levits at Harvard: BGF Conference 2026 on the New Civilization of the AI Age
BGF Roundtable on VNPT& AIWS Trust Infrastructure
BGF Roundtable on VNPT& AIWS Trust Infrastructure
GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
Five Eyes and a New Governance Standard for Agentic AI
Careful adoption of agentic AI services "Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services" Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies, May 1, 2026 The...
From Hiroshima to the AI Age: Building Trust Infrastructure for Global AI Governance
Japan has bet on being the world's most AI-friendly nation. But a former digital and cybersecurity minister warned that without...
The Tokyo Compact Officially Proclaimed at Interop Tokyo 2026
On June 12, 2026, at Interop Tokyo 2026 — among the largest and most influential technology gatherings in Asia — The Tokyo Compact:...
Anthropic Warns of Self-Improving AI: Why Trust Infrastructure Matters
Recent warnings from Anthropic have intensified global discussion about the future of Artificial Intelligence. The company cautioned...