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Some of my blog articles, events, videos or books!


Jun 15, 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 8, 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 3, 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...


May 11, 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 10, 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...

Apr 25, 2024
Responsible AI and More: Cybersecurity, Crisis Management and AI Literacy
The State of Lebanon recently reported that its internet provider, Ogero, was under a 10-day cyber attack. A digital expert noted that...

Apr 18, 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 4, 2024
Can AI Think? Or Reason?
It is the age of LLMs or GenAI - but can these machines think? Or reason? The answer is NO. Here is why. These examples above show you...
Mar 27, 2024
Antitrust laws and AI Tech Firms
Microsoft has found a unique way to get around antitrust competitive laws. Wow they have lawyers working overtime in this space (and lots...


Mar 26, 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 18, 2024
Social Sustainability and Business Education
I have two chapters published in this new book edited by Ausrine Silenskyte,Miguel Cordova, Marina Schmitz, & Soo Min Toh Advance...

Mar 13, 2024
AI Ethics: Accountability – Can We Achieve it?
Accountability is an AI ethics term used by Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Palantir [Not a term used by Nvidia, Amazon, Boston Dynamics,...


Mar 6, 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...


Jan 28, 2024
Moving into the Metaverse, AI ethics and all those things.....
Image Source: Generated with Adobe Firefly More physical brands are moving into virtual places. Honda just tied up with gaming company...

Jan 4, 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...


Dec 17, 2023
Metaverse and Human Rights
This was a short panel and with some amazing contributors and of course big shout out to Monika Manolova! On the 75th anniversary of the...

Dec 17, 2023
IB for the Brave New World: Future and Challenges
I had the honour to moderate a session at the Academy of International Business MENA chapter conference in Rabat, Morocco held at the...


Nov 8, 2023
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 7, 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...
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