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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

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

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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

The Wrong BRICS Expansion

The Wrong BRICS Expansion

Daron Acemoglu | In many ways, the enlargement represents a major lost opportunity. The world does not need more countries to fall under Chinese and Russian influence. It needs a genuinely independent third grouping to provide a counterweight against both the China-Russia axis and US power.

AI-Tocracy

Recent scholarship has suggested that artificial intelligence (AI) technology and autocratic regimes may be mutually reinforcing. We test for a mutually reinforcing relationship in the context of facial-recognition AI in China.

Exporting the Surveillance State via Trade in AI

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Exporting the Surveillance State via Trade in AI

We document three facts about the global diffusion of surveillance AI technology, and in particular, the role played by China.

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