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AI may be default ‘kingmaker’ this year in biggest-ever worldwide elections
AI may be default ‘kingmaker’ this year in biggest-ever worldwide elections
Ben Armour   |  Jun 13, 2024
While AI’s presence in elections has some benefits, such as connecting with voters, these are vastly outweighed by drawbacks such as widespread disinformation. Governments and AI companies are also not doing enough to combat the problem, argues The Yuan’s contributor Ben Armour.
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A trek to an indigenous land teaches digital health, sustainability lessons
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A trek to an indigenous land teaches digital health, sustainability lessons
Set in a national park in Brazil’s central Mato Grosso state, Alto Xingu is home to a variety of indigenous peoples. Its very remoteness imparts invaluable lessons on digital health and sustainability. Radiologist and medical executive Dr Gustavo Meirelles guides us on this tour.
Gustavo Meirelles  |  Mar 07 , 2024
Meaningful and impactful AI ethics requires an adaptive mindset
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Meaningful and impactful AI ethics requires an adaptive mindset
The second part of this series elaborates further on the Agile Leadership Framework™ and Strategic Hustler™ concepts introduced in the previous article, writes Dr Frank Lee Harper, Jr, AI thought leader and provost and vice chancellor at Cambridge Corporate University.
Frank Lee Harper  |  Mar 06 , 2024
Market power is permanent even with intense technological competition
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Market power is permanent even with intense technological competition
Contrary to what one might think, the competition and ceaseless innovation that are hallmarks of today’s globalized, digital, hyperconnected world are actually increasing and entrenching market power for large, established players, argues Stanford economics prof Mordecai Kurz.
Mordecai Kurz  |  Mar 05 , 2024
BERT-based humor generation system displays another side to AI
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BERT-based humor generation system displays another side to AI
Humor is one of the most essential parts of human interaction, but humor generation as a sub-field of natural language generation is notoriously difficult. AI researcher and tech expert Parisa Naraei describes how a joke generator is being built to overcome this challenge.
Parisa Naraei  |  Mar 04 , 2024
Meta’s massive AI course correction follows The Yuan’s sage advice
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Meta’s massive AI course correction follows The Yuan’s sage advice
In a once in a blue moon event, Meta, name notwithstanding, seems to have bowed down to The Yuan’s urgings, turned its back on the Metaverse, and set its front towards AI, as the firm strategically re-orients itself. Award-winning tech columnist Satyen K. Bordoloi has the skinny.
Satyen K. Bordoloi  |  Mar 01 , 2024
The Yuan announces new ‘brainstorming’ series exploring neuroscience, AI
Brain science
The Yuan announces new ‘brainstorming’ series exploring neuroscience, AI
As humanity teeters on the brink, fears mount over the cognitive powers of the aging global leaders on whose shoulders rests the task of averting human extinction. This moment is thus opportune for The Yuan to unveil our new brain science series, starting on April 1, to catalog its interplay with AI.
Shifeng Wang  |  Mar 01 , 2024
Bio-Europe Winter Conference highlights latest trends in life sciences
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Bio-Europe Winter Conference highlights latest trends in life sciences
The Bio-Europe Winter Conference is held in a different city each year - and last year, the rota fell on Munich. With a proven track record of fostering partnerships and innovation, the event showcased key biopharma trends set to impact healthcare over the next decades.
Oladimeji Ewumi  |  Feb 29 , 2024
Legal status, IP rights of automatons raise many troubling questions
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Legal status, IP rights of automatons raise many troubling questions
Can a computer own intellectual property or bear criminal liability? GenAI poses thorny questions that challenge existing notions of ownership, copyright, and legal responsibility, argues financial crime risk and compliance specialist and legal expert Nigel Morris-Cotterill.
Nigel Morris-Cotterill  |  Feb 28 , 2024
There is a strong case to be made for regulating GenAI through common law
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There is a strong case to be made for regulating GenAI through common law
Arguments over whose regulations are best regarding AI, LLMs, and other advance tech overlook the possibility that common law, with its case-by-case approach, offers the best solution for crafting sensible regulatory frameworks, argue profs S. Alex Yang and Angela Huyue Zhang.
Angela Huyue Zhang, S. Alex Yang  |  Feb 27 , 2024
UK and US AI regulatory frameworks precede AI safety summit, impact healthcare
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UK and US AI regulatory frameworks precede AI safety summit, impact healthcare
Both the UK and US governments published AI regulatory frameworks ahead of the first-ever AI Safety Summit hosted at Bletchley Park in November 2023. The two frameworks are both organized by five similar principles, and by comparing them AI developers will be better equipped to create AI tools designed for use in both UK and US settings.
Matthew Marcetich  |  Feb 26 , 2024
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Nicholas Humphrey
Nicholas Humphrey
Nicholas Humphrey is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the London School of Economics and Bye Fellow at Darwin College, Cambridge. He studies the evolution of intelligence and consciousness.
Robert Skidelsky
Robert Skidelsky
Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords, is Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University. He is the author of an award-winning biography of John Maynard Keynes and The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning (Allen Lane, 2023).
Alina Tudorache
Alina Tudorache
Top 100 Blockchain Thought Leaders and Influencers.
Mario Rodriguez
Mario Rodriguez
Mario Rodriguez’s expertise in software engineering ranges from aeronautics, robotics, computer vision, 3D technologies, VFX and AI to VR. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Tokyo.
Emir Mustafa Isler
Emir Mustafa Isler
Emir Mustafa Isler is the host for the Delta Dialog as well as a consultant, editor and recently an MBA student. He’s graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with honors and has founded his own consultancy firm in Shanghai. He is proficient in the fields of Finance, Technology and Social Sciences and is currently based in Turkey.
Xin Zhou
Xin Zhou
Zhou Xin is one of China’s most distinguished journalists, formerly one of the founders of Yicai Global; Chief Hong Kong correspondent for Shanghai TV; a business editor with CBN, and associate editor-in-chief of Caixin Media.
Timo Vuori
Timo Vuori
Timo Vuori is professor of strategy at Aalto University. His research focuses on change management and the role of emotional intelligence. He developed the online programme, Essentials of Emotional Intelligence, for Aalto University Executive Education and Professional Development.
Tomoko Mitsuoka
Tomoko Mitsuoka
Tomoko Mitsuoka is a member of The Global AI Ethics Institute in Paris. As the Japan expert, she actively engages in discussions about Japanese society, AI ethics, responsible AI and the need to educate everyone in order to create an AI-literate society.
Vilas Dhar
Vilas Dhar
Vilas Dhar is President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
Yolanda Botti-Lodovico
Yolanda Botti-Lodovico
Yolanda Botti-Lodovico is Policy and Advocacy Lead for the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
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