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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


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


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 18, 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 13, 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


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
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