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THE BEACON PAPERS · No. 4

THE BEACON PAPERS · No. 4

THE BEACON PAPERS · No. 4 Who May Verify? The Missing Institution of the AI Age Nguyen Anh Tuan · Boston, July 27, 2026 In the space of a single month, a state legislature, the United States Congress, the world's leading laboratories, and the European Commission...

Google’s $40 Billion Bet on Anthropic: A Signal of a New AI Era

Google’s $40 Billion Bet on Anthropic: A Signal of a New AI Era

Google’s plan to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic marks one of the most significant AI developments of the week. The deal begins with a $10 billion cash investment, with another $30 billion tied to performance milestones, valuing Anthropic at around $350 billion....

Boston Global Forum Officially Launches the AIWS Lumina White Paper

Boston Global Forum Officially Launches the AIWS Lumina White Paper

A Global Cultural Architecture for the AI Age Boston, April 26, 2026 Boston Global Forum is pleased to officially launch the AIWS Lumina White Paper — a foundational document presenting AIWS Lumina as a global cultural architecture for the Age of Artificial...

America Wakes Up to AI’s Dangerous Power

America Wakes Up to AI’s Dangerous Power

A new Economist leader, “America wakes up to AI’s dangerous power,” points to an important shift in American strategic thinking: after the “Mythos moment,” an overly laissez-faire approach to AI is no longer politically tenable or strategically wise. The article...

Artemis II Splashdown and the AIWS Vision of Human-Centered Progress

Artemis II Splashdown and the AIWS Vision of Human-Centered Progress

NASA’s Artemis II mission concluded successfully on April 10 with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off California at 5:07 p.m. PDT, ending an approximate 10-day journey around the Moon. The crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—returned...