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#180 THE G|O BRIEFING, MAY 17, 2024

A Tax on Streaming? Epic Battle Rages at the WTO | UAE Rejects UN Criticism of Abusive Anti-Terrorism Charges | In Geneva, the First AI Arms Control Talks? | Op-Ed: The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Zionism

#178 THE G|O BRIEFING, APRIL 25, 2024

As AI for Good Summit Approaches, Cautious Optimism is Coupled with Sense of Urgency to Prevent AI Titans from Playing “Russian Roulette” with Humanity’s Future | UNRWA Still Facing Shortfalls, with Switzerland Still Withholding Donations

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A Discreet but Possibly Historic Geneva Meeting between the US and China on AI Risks and Safety

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Ahead of its ‘AI for Good’ Summit, Guarded Optimism but Sense of Urgency at the International Telecommunication Union

How realistic is it to expect that the development, by a few enormously powerful private companies, of what some of its own creators consider the most dangerous technology since the atomic bomb can be governed by multilateral organizations?

Will 2024 the Year of Responsible AI?

Yolanda Botti-Lodovico & Vilas Dhar | As AI becomes ubiquitous, we have an opportunity to harness its power to bring about an equitable, prosperous future. But we must first heed the lessons of the digital revolution, maintain the current momentum, and prioritize fairness over corporate profits.

How to Democratize AI?

BERTRAND BADRE & CHARLES GORINTIN | AI could serve as a powerful equalizer or a source of division, depending on how it is deployed and who controls it. To prevent a privileged minority from co-opting the technology’s transformative potential, we must ensure that its benefits are broadly shared.

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UN Liquidity Crisis Prompts Debate About the Organization Itself | Both US and Israel in Need of Demythologizing | AI: Backchannel Diplomacy and Systems of Oppression

Why What Happened at Open AI Doesn't Bode Well for the UN Global Digital Compact

Set aside for a moment the insufferable habit of our contemporaneous zeitgeist to create cult-life figures out of tech entrepreneurs. Not easy, I admit, when for a couple of days, Sam Altman and the OpenAI saga seemed to be all that mattered, eclipsing wars—and, of course, climate change—from

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It May Already Be Too Late to Regulate AI—The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Wants to Ensure That Won’t Happen with the Next Scientific Breakthrough

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Will generative AI destroy jobs? An ILO working paper offers hope that it won’t

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