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...
Google has introduced Gemma 4 as its most capable open model family to date, designed for advanced reasoning and agentic workflows, and released under an Apache 2.0 license. Google says Gemma has already been downloaded more than 400 million times, with a community...
In recent years, many of us have enjoyed the convenience of AI assistants that retrieve information and perform basic tasks. However, a new generation of technology is emerging: AI agents, capable of much more than simple queries. These advanced AI models and...
The AI World Society (AIWS) is organizing high-level discussions on “The Convergence of AI Chips and Quantum Computing for a New Democracy – AIWS.” This program aims to explore how the integration of advanced technologies like AI chips and quantum computing can...
OpenAI is disbanding its “AGI Readiness” team, which advised the company on OpenAI’s capacity to handle artificial intelligence that could potentially equal or surpass human intellect and the world’s readiness to manage such technology. Miles Brundage, senior advisor...
First, Washington needs to start taking AGI seriously. The potential risks are too great to ignore. Even in a good scenario, AGI could upend economies and displace millions of jobs, requiring society to adapt. In a bad scenario, AGI could become uncontrollable....
The Boston Global Forum (BGF) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the pioneers in artificial intelligence who have been awarded the Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry in 2024. This monumental achievement underscores the transformative impact of AI on advancing...
Advances in AI, Internet, social media, and threats to cybersecurity jointly shape a new worldwide ecosystem for which there is no precedent. At issue is building new dimensions, even principles, which would shape the future of international law. Toward this end, the Social Contract 2020 has been introduced, framed, and further refined in four contexts: (a) The Riga Conference, Oct 12, 2019, (b) “2019 Policy Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence” of World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid, Oct 21, 2019, (c) AI World Society – Summit 2020 at Loeb House, Harvard University, April 28, 2020, and (d) United Nations Charter Day, June 26, 2020.