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


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 28, 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


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...
Dec 17, 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 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


Agile Nations Metaverse Self-Governance White Paper
Since April 2022, the mazing team and I under the UAE Minister for State's Office for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy & Remote...
Oct 10, 2023


Future-proofing the Metaverse
Can we future-proof the metaverse? Possible, by Whole-of-Society participation. This means individuals, families, institutions (private,...
Oct 6, 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


Leadership: Surviving the Storm
Leaders are often considered founders, top management, heads of ministries, department heads, or board members, the stewards of an...
Aug 30, 2023


Latest Publications/Interviews
August-September 2023 Artificial Intelligence Book: AI Enabled Business: A Smart Decision Kit Available on Amazon. Written with Himanshu...
Aug 15, 2023


Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Primer
The quest to create machines that mimic humans has been going on for a long time. Sometimes out of academic endeavor, sometimes out of...
Jul 28, 2023


Do We Need a Resilient Agile AI Governance System?
AI systems affect people, societies, industries, governments, and the planet. Despite having 800 AI policy initiatives it will never be...
Jun 13, 2023


Crisis Management: Stages
A lot of my early research work began in crisis management. Whether you are a manager or a policy maker, crisis management means: (1)...
May 26, 2023


Tipping Point with AI?
A Point Of No Return? Of course there were Early Warning Signals (EWS)! But regulations will continue to lag as we come in at the tail...
May 17, 2023


When Technology and Public Purpose Meet
Yesterday I attended the Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Summit 2023, a project under Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and...
May 7, 2023


Stealth AI
There have been some worrying trends and I am not sure where to get answers. We need @DylanCurran - to help us better reflect on what is...
May 4, 2023


Building High Governance AI Systems
*parts of this blog are extracted from my recent talk and my new book (above), coming soon I prefer to refer to Artificial Intelligence...
Apr 14, 2023


Why Carbon Offsetting May Not Be Enough.
By 2025, our consumption of AI through data management, deploying hardware, training software, and crisis and cybersecurity interventions...
Apr 3, 2023
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