OpenAI saved its biggest announcement for the last day of its 12-day “shipmas” event. On Friday, December 20, the company unveiled o3, the successor to the o1 “reasoning” model it released earlier in the year. o3 is a model family, to be more precise — as was the case...
Google says it has cracked a quantum computing challenge with new chip
Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab on Monday December 9, 2024 said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the...
The Boston Globe Letters – Globe Opinion: AI, a means of progress, can do harm if in the wrong hands
The Russian invasion of Ukraine throws into sharp focus many urgent global problems that have been neglected for decades, including cybersecurity, disinformation, trade disparities, and dependence on unreliable and environmentally damaging fossil fuels (“Hey Congress,...
“Laurel for Peace and Security in Ukraine” Initiative
March 4, 2022 Boston, MA - The Boston Global Forum (BGF), Michael Dukakis Institute (MDI), and Global Alliance for Digital Governance (GADG) stand by the autonomy, peace, and security of Ukraine, and condemn Russia’s senseless and destructive assault on Ukraine’s...
The Will and Courage to Stand Up to a Modern-Day Threat to World Peace
02/22/2022 We, the undersigned Former Leaders and civil society representatives of countries of the European Union, the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Middle East wish to express our grave concern about the rapidly growing threat of large-scale armed conflict that is...
The book “Remaking the World: Toward an Era of Global Enlightenment” selected for the History of Artificial Intelligence Award 2021
Ramu Damodaran, the first Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact: In the 75th anniversary year of the United Nations (UN), the Boston Global Forum launched its “UN Centennial Initiative”, looking to the world, and its United Nations, in 2045, when the world...
Keynote speech of Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, Andreas Norlén, receiving the 2021 World Leader for Peace and Security Award
Governor Dukakis, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I want to start by thanking Governor Michael Dukakis and Boston Global Forum for selecting me for the World Leader for Peace and Security Award 2021. I am honoured and proud both for the award and for the...
REMARKS BY H.E. Mr. Nguyen Hai Ninh IN “BUILDING NHA TRANG – KHANH HOA INTO A FLAGSHIP AREA OF THE AGE OF GLOBAL ENLIGHTENMENT”
Your Excellency Mr. Michael Dukakis, the (former) Governor of Massachusetts, Chairman of Boston Global Forum (BGF)! Your Excellency Mr. Danilo Turk, the (former) Slovenian President, President of Club de Madrid! Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan, co-founder and CEO of the Boston...