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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

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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‘Oppenheimer’, AI, Machine Learning and Unintended Consequences

Are there similarities between the Manhattan Project and today’s race between China and the United States in AI?

August 14, 2023, OP-ED - Selected document | The economic potential of generative AI

August 14, 2023, OP-ED - Selected document | The economic potential of generative AI

To grasp what lies ahead requires an understanding of the breakthroughs that have enabled the rise of generative AI, which were decades in the making.

August 14, 2023 OP-ED - Selected document | AI and Corporate Responsibility

August 14, 2023 OP-ED - Selected document | AI and Corporate Responsibility

Seven leading AI companies Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI, have agreed on voluntary commitments to help move toward safe, secure, and transparent development of AI technology.

Corporate Responsibility in the Age of AI

Corporate Responsibility in the Age of AI

Maria Eitel | AI has turbocharged the attention economy and unleashed a new set of risks. While calls for regulation are growing louder, when they come from the very people behind the technology, they come across largely as public-relations campaigns and corporate stall tactics.

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From ham radio to tackling AI, the new ITU chief moves with technology

An Economic Model for the AI Age

An Economic Model for the AI Age

Dambisa Moyo | As artificial intelligence reduces demand for labor and boosts productivity, governments and businesses are going to have to adjust. While governments might want to raise taxes in order to mitigate the short-term disruption, they will need to think bigger.

GESDA: Science at the multilateral table

Since its creation in 2018, GESDA has billed itself as a “think and a do tank.” Yesterday, its initiators opted to put their emphasis on the “do” by unveiling two concrete projects.

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