French President Macron hopes for defence, energy and tech deals as he starts Asia trip
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he hoped to strike deals for France in areas such as defence, energy and tech innovation, as he arrived in Vietnam for the start of a roughly week-long trip in Asia. Macron arrived in Hanoi on Sunday, marking the...
Four Pillars Roundup:Trump says he’ll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will delay implementation of a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union from June 1 until July 9 to buy time for negotiations with the bloc. That agreement came after a call Sunday with Ursula von der Leyen, the...
Japan can be a beacon of pluralistic innovation and democratic renewal
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...
AI learns how vision and sound are connected, without human intervention
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...
AIWS Bank and Finance Ecosystem Model – A Historic Milestone in AI-Driven Banking
Launched on May 27, 2025, under Governor Michael Dukakis and Nguyen Anh Tuan of the Boston Global Forum (BGF), the AIWS Bank and Finance Ecosystem Model marks a historic leap in AI-driven banking....
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GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR DIGITAL GOVERNANCE
Alex Pentland Co-Authors The Digitalist Papers: Artificial Intelligence and Democracy in America
Rapid advances in AI are reshaping how we govern ourselves. Inspired by The Federalist Papers, which promoted the idea of a nation...
Dean, Salazar Introduce Bill to Protect Americans from AI Deepfakes
U.S. Representatives Madeleine Dean (D-PA-04) and María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) introduced legislation to federally protect...
US, Britain, and EU Sign First International AI Treaty – AIWS Vision Realized
On September 5, 2024, the Council of Europe opened the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and...
Wilson Center Report: Opportunities for Bolstering Already Strong US-Vietnam Economic Relationship
Please read the full report on the Wilson Center's website. Referred to as one of Southeast Asia’s ‘Tiger Cub’ economies for its...