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Wisdom versus Data: Something to Consider in the World of AI
We are all familiar with the Data Pyramid, but I want to give you a different interpretation on it. Especially, as it is applied today in...
Jun 16, 2024
When Regulators are Unable to Manage Industry Cross-Overs
We are seeing more movement of products across industries and the inability of regulators to catch these. Take for example the case of...
Jun 16, 2024


Right to Childhood in an AI, gamified online world.
The right to childhood (and its an ambiguous one) would fall more likely under The Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), more...
Jun 15, 2024


Metaverse and Human Rights
If you are attending the EuroDIG - European Dialogue on Internet Governance 2024, please attend our panel jointly created with IEEE...
Jun 8, 2024


Future Government Skills
If you work in the public sector (or aspire to, or work with the government affairs department of a private sector company), this open...
Jun 3, 2024


Post-COVID
Post-COVID, life was supposed to get easier - we had onboarded AI and remote working/learning, embraced delivery services.....but we are...
May 11, 2024


Sovereign Wealth Funds and Soft Power
My new book chapter is out - Sovereign Wealth Funds and Soft Power. Often existing literature underestimates the long-term strategy of...
May 10, 2024


OECD-EU Online Workshop on Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
I listened to two panels: "Competition in the market for foundation models” and “The role of data in development models.” The...
Apr 18, 2024
New AI proposal: INDIA
#EU has the #AIAct (first in the world). #USA has recommended the hiring of a Chief AI Officer for every Federal Agency. But, right now,...
Apr 18, 2024


Autonomous Avatars & Digital Me
According to Kozuka, “There can be three possible approaches to the law of avatars. They are to treat an avatar either as a device...
Mar 26, 2024


AI Enabled Business - Our Book Launch
Yesterday was special, we launched our new book, AI Enable Business: A Smart Decision Kit at MBR School of Government. We started this...
Mar 6, 2024


2024 Arab Strategy Forum: Diplomacy and World Events
A good part of diplomacy or political savvy is listening. If you want to shape the future – you need to be in the corridors, pursuing a...
Jan 4, 2024


AI Hardware - Geopolitics
AI is not just software - while much of the regulations/frameworks and guidelines focus on software and data - you do need to consider...
Nov 8, 2023


AI regulations: Review Oct-Nov 2023
AI regulations are coming fast! Besides the anticipated EU AI Act (which will have consequences for AI firms), there is lot more mention...
Nov 7, 2023


The Right to Work and the Metaverse
Here is a short video of the talk I gave at the Council of Europe on 14 September. The overview of the detailed study is available here:...
Sep 24, 2023


Council of Europe: Metaverse
Presented on the topic of #Metaverse as an expert at an informal meeting to the Committee of Ministers, Council of Europe on 14th...
Sep 16, 2023


Day Zero: Innovation & Governance Trip to Berlin
The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government is abroad with its Innovation and Governance study trip. Most of the students belong to the...
Mar 6, 2023


World Government Summit 2023: Four-day Recap
I spent four days at the World Government Summit, and though I flitted from one session to another, I honestly can say I did not do full...
Feb 19, 2023


The Grey Areas of AI Decision Making
AI decision making is complex. It is a mixture of human and machine decisions. A machine does not train itself, nor does it decide its...
Feb 3, 2023


Statecraft and the Drift away from Humanities....
This graph is from the WIPO 2022 report. It is worrisome as the publications in humanities (and social sciences) are being drowned out by...
Oct 28, 2022
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