Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technnologies (13 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Microsoft and OpenAI rework billion dollar deal (Digital Watch Observatory – 12 May 2025) OpenAI and Microsoft are renegotiating the terms of their multibillion-dollar partnership in a move designed to allow the ChatGPT maker to pursue a future public listing, while ensuring Microsoft retains access to its most advanced AI technology. […]
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Structuring Markets for Strategic Quantum Innovation (Tracey Forrest, Nikolas Guggenberger – Just Security – 9 May 2025) The quantum revolution is gaining momentum. Already, quantum sensors and communication devices are changing how people manage and protect both digital and natural assets. On the horizon, quantum computers and simulators promise to unleash […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (9 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies U.S. Quantum Industry Leaders Press Congress to Expand Support (Quantum Insider – 8 May 2025) At a May 7 House Science Committee hearing, lawmakers and quantum industry leaders supported reauthorizing the National Quantum Initiative to maintain U.S. leadership in quantum technologies. Witnesses from Google, Microsoft, PsiQuantum, and QED-C emphasized the need […]
Daily Digest on AI & Emerging Technologies (8 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies From myth to metrics: Communities can leverage the real costs of generative AI when negotiating for data centres (Sayoko Blodgett-Ford – OECD.AI – 7 May 2025) Accurate forecasts of power consumption for AI should be available following OECD AI Principle 1.1: “Inclusive growth, sustainable development, and well-being.” However, these details are […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (7 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Why Do AI Initiatives Stall? Report Says Watch For Siloed Thinking (AI Insider – 6 May 2025) AI Insider has introduced a seven-layer market mapping framework to help organizations address fragmentation and misalignment in the rapidly expanding AI ecosystem. The framework maps over 450 technologies by how AI systems are actually […]
Weekly Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (5 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Beijing launches blockchain plan to boost industry integration (Digital Watch Observatory – 2 May 2025) Beijing has unveiled a two-year plan aimed at promoting blockchain development and adoption across various sectors. The initiative, announced on 29 April, is supported by local bodies like the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (6 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies G7 should act as stabilizer and reformer to reshape international order, urges T7 report (Centre for International Governance Innovation – 5 May 2025) A new report to the Group of 7 (G7) suggests the nations’ leaders should set directions to help address root causes of instability while also innovating in new […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (2 May 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies The Authoritarian Risks of AI Surveillance (Matthew Tokson – Lawfare – 1 May 2025) Concerns about authoritarianism loom large in American politics. Against this backdrop, another phenomenon may be pushing democracies toward authoritarianism: artificial intelligence (AI) law enforcement. AI surveillance and policing systems are currently used by authoritarian nations around the […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Techynologies (30 April 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Securing Tomorrow: Why America Needs an AI Education Corps (Kevin Frazier – Lawfare – 29 April 2025) Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a future prospect; it is a present reality fundamentally altering U.S. national security and economic competitiveness. Maintaining American leadership in this domain requires more than technological innovation—it demands […]
Daily Digest on AI and Emerging Technologies (29 April 2025)
Governance, Legislation, and Geostrategies Online Safety Regulations Around the World: The State of Play and The Way Forward (Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat – Just Security – 28 April 2025) There is a growing international consensus that governments should take a more active role in overseeing digital platforms. As 2025 began, this was no longer a theoretical […]