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


Is AI Intelligent?
This article is really not about the AI system debate on whether AI will reach general intelligence - but it is about the poor awareness...
Sep 19, 2024


Council of Europe & Metaverse
Finally our full report is published! This is a project that the Council of Europe and IEEE / IEEE Standards Association | IEEE...
Sep 6, 2024


AI and Future Investments
So privileged to speak at the #DSIG Conference - AI for All: Empowering Responsible Investments. Our UAE leaders have tasked us to be...
Sep 6, 2024


Putting the Heart Back into Publishing
We have all been there – at times wondering if the reason we chose academia was getting lost with the publishing pressure. You look at...
Aug 13, 2024


Enabling governments to make meaningful decisions about AI
Here is my latest article on Apolitical: https://apolitical.co/solution-articles/en/enabling-governments-to-make-meaningful-decisions-abo...
Jul 16, 2024


Setting Guardrails for an AI-Enabled World
What does it mean to set guardrails in an AI-Enabled world? This will be a thought provoking panel. We will discuss the possibilities of...
Jul 8, 2024


Building Health Guardrails
AI can help when we have issues with geographical access or an inadequate number of health providers (thanks @Ricardo, who spoke about...
Jun 19, 2024


Open Source AI - What does it mean?
How many times have you heard about Open Source AI and assumed it is good? Open source means different things and it is important the...
Jun 18, 2024


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


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 25, 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


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...
Apr 4, 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 27, 2024
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